{"id":2221825,"date":"2024-04-15T20:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-overcomes-final-hurdle-to-send-fisa-reauthorization-bill-to-senate\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T20:41:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:41:27","slug":"house-overcomes-final-hurdle-to-send-fisa-reauthorization-bill-to-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-overcomes-final-hurdle-to-send-fisa-reauthorization-bill-to-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"House clears last obstacle to send FISA reauthorization bill to Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-overcomes-final-hurdle-to-send-fisa-reauthorization-bill-to-senate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2221825&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The GOP-led House approved the\u200d reauthorization of Section 702 of \u2062the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), crucial\u2063 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms \"A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured\" in Germany\">national security<\/a>. Despite objections, the bill now goes to the Senate for further review before the foreign data collection authorities \u200cexpire this week. Bipartisan support was evident in the House\u200b vote, with the Senate \u200burged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-republicans-call-on-biden-administration-to-act-swiftly-on-ethiopia-crisis\/\" title=\"Congressional Republicans Call on Biden Administration to Act Swiftly on Ethiopia Crisis\">act swiftly<\/a> to avoid lapses in these key national security measures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The GOP-led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-house-of-representatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House<\/a> overcame one last remaining hurdle on Monday to approve a bill that would reauthorize Section 702 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/fisa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)<\/a>, a spy tool that proponents say is critical to protecting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/national-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">national security<\/a>, and send it to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a> before the foreign data collection authorities sunset at the end of this week.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers voted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseDailyPress\/status\/1780009090309116337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">259-128<\/a> to table a motion to reconsider the legislation that was introduced right after the chamber passed it on Friday. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fisa-warrant-requirement-gets-last-ditch-revival-push\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last-ditch effort<\/a> to stave off the bill was spearheaded by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), who urged colleagues to join in her in demanding a warrant requirement to address concerns about FISA abuse and privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Luna sent a letter to Republicans and Democrats, rallying support for her cause. She made a specific appeal to the 56 members who voted to pass the FISA bill after supporting the amendment from Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) that would <a href=\"https:\/\/biggs.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/congressman-biggs-introduces-major-legislation-end-warrantless-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">place limits on<\/a> officials being able to do U.S. person searches in the information that gets swept up in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devin-nunes-blasts-nsa-director-paul-nakasone-over-political-targeting-of-former-trump-official-michael-ellis\/\" title=\"Devin Nunes Blasts NSA Director Paul Nakasone over Political Targeting of Former Trump Official Michael Ellis\">foreign surveillance<\/a> without a warrant.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment proved to be a contentious proposition that spilled across party lines. It narrowly failed to pass in a <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2024114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">212-212 tie vote<\/a> on Friday with support from hardline Republicans and leftist Democrats. Luna wanted it to get a second chance. Lawmakers \u201cmust fight to get the Biggs Amendment adopted in the final passage of this legislation,\u201d Luna said in her letter.<\/p>\n<p>House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH), who was the lawmaker who led the push to defeat\u00a0Luna\u2019s motion to reconsider the bill, has been a vocal advocate for reauthorizing Section 702 without the warrant requirement. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nnLwv_zuTA4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Fox News on Sunday that Section 702 \u201cmust continue\u201d while insisting that American lives were at stake.<\/p>\n<p>The House <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2024119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> 273-147 on Friday, after the amendment failed, to extend authorities the U.S. government uses to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/icotr\/Section702-Basics-Infographic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gather electronic communications information<\/a> on non-U.S. citizens abroad and deter threats to the homeland. The legislation, which got bipartisan support, would renew Section 702 for another two years and implement reforms to FISA.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the matter of Luna\u2019s objection settled, the bill heads to the Democrat-controlled Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigCaplan\/status\/1776255027432095818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> lawmakers \u201cmust act quickly on a bipartisan basis to ensure these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-poised-to-take-another-crack-at-fisa-reauthorization\/\" title=\"House Gears Up for Another Attempt at FISA Renewal\">vital national security authorities<\/a> do not lapse.\u201d Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell\/status\/1779990079479636093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pressed<\/a> for FISA authorities to be maintained.<\/p>\n<p>They have until April 19 to extend Section 702 before it expires. A couple members of the upper chamber, including Sens. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMikeLee\/status\/1778807093870403608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Lee (R-UT)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul\/status\/1779535984457077073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rand Paul (R-KY)<\/a>, spoke out in favor of passing the warrant amendment to protect the Fourth Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SAP-H.R.-7888-FISA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supports<\/a> reauthorization but rejected the warrant requirement, saying in a statement that the amendment from Biggs would \u201cprohibit U.S. officials from reviewing critical information that the Intelligence Community has already lawfully collected, with exceptions that are exceedingly narrow and unworkable in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the FISA bill offered a five-year extension to Section 702, but it got whittled down to two years after it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-blocks-fisa-spy-bill-opponents-demand-warrant-requirement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed<\/a> to advance earlier last week. The shortened window will allow President Joe Biden or whatever administration may succeed him next year the chance to seek a FISA shakeup.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump, who is running for another White House tern, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-says-kill-fisa-as-lawmakers-consider-surveillance-reauthorization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged<\/a> lawmakers to \u201cKILL FISA\u201d and said it was used to spy on his campaign. He was alluding to the FBI\u2019s controversial efforts to get warrants to snoop on a 2016 campaign aide under a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/national-security\/4463961-house-unveils-warrantless-surveillance-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">different part of FISA, Section 701<\/a>, using an unverified dossier.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1778076099651444805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a> the FISA bill, called the Reforming Intelligence And Securing America Act, implements reforms that would \u201cactually kill the abuses\u201d directed at Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign. The speaker met with Trump on Friday. During a joint press conference, Trump said he\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1778900252684378474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cnot a big fan of FISA,\u201d<\/a> but added he told \u201ceverybody\u201d to do what they want with it.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the GOP-led House cleared the final hurdle to approve a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of FISA, a key tool for national security. 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