{"id":2225752,"date":"2024-04-20T01:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T05:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-renews-fisa-spy-powers-after-late-night-breakthrough\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T01:18:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T05:18:31","slug":"senate-renews-fisa-spy-powers-after-late-night-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-renews-fisa-spy-powers-after-late-night-breakthrough\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate approves extension of FISA surveillance powers after late-night progress"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fsenate-renews-fisa-spy-powers-after-late-night-breakthrough%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=2225752&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 \u200bSenate reauthorized \u200bthe controversial FISA spying program \u200bamidst opposition, with no \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senates-886-billion-defense-budget-similar-to-house-plan-but-with-less-anti-woke-focus\/\" title=\"Senate's defense budget of 6 billion is similar to the House plan, but with less emphasis on 'anti-woke' matters.\">amendments adopted<\/a>. It grants the government new\u200d authority for <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>, passing in a 60-34 vote post-deadline. The \u200cbill faces debate over surveillance limits, combining \u200bconservative and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-sandels-vain-quest-for-the-common-good\/\" title=\"Michael Sandel\u2019s Vain Quest for the Common Good\">progressive concerns<\/a>. The House approved it last Friday, heading to President Biden for signing, sparking demands for citizen data protection.  <\/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<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a> reauthorized a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fisa\/\">controversial FISA spying program<\/a> on Friday night in the face of days of hardened opposition, casting a flurry of votes in the hours before the law expired.<\/p>\n<p>A bipartisan group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2972373\/senate-temporary-lapse-fisa\/\">privacy hawks<\/a> had refused to fast-track the legislation, which renews Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but they agreed to back down after party leadership offered a handful of votes.<\/p>\n<p>Though each of the proposed amendments addressed perceived shortcomings of the law, none were adopted. The Senate passed the bill, which grants the government fresh authority to spy on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-vote-against-hamas-sanctions\/\" title=\"House Democrats Vote Against Hamas Sanctions\">foreign persons<\/a>, in a 60-34 vote shortly after the midnight deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The scramble marks a dramatic finish to a bitter saga that for weeks reignited debate over the proper limits of government surveillance. The holdouts, an unorthodox coalition of conservatives and progressives raising civil liberties concerns, could not stop the legislation but threatened to delay its passage until early next week.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2964090\/house-passes-fisa-renewal-capping-months-of-gop-infighting\/\">cleared the House<\/a> last Friday, now heads to President Joe Biden\u2019s desk to be signed into law.<\/p>\n<p>Among their demands, the bill\u2019s opponents wanted to force the government to obtain a warrant to search the data of U.S. citizens swept up in foreign surveillance. The renewal also generated controversy over new language that watchdogs warn could drastically expand the types of service providers required to cooperate with surveillance requests.<\/p>\n<p>Votes on these and other amendments were allowed after days of negotiations, with none receiving more than 42 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The standoff, which sharply divided the ranks of leadership \u2013 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) supported the bill, while his No. 2, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), was opposed \u2013 mirrored the drama seen in the House.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2013 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hard-line Republicans, upset about the lack of warrant requirement, tanked a procedural vote last week, forcing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to shorten the reauthorization to two years, down from five, as a compromise.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-on-glide-path-to-pass-fisa-extension-ahead-of-midnight-deadline\/\" title=\"Senate is close to passing FISA extension before midnight cutoff\">lower chamber subsequently voted<\/a> on the warrant amendment, but it failed in a tie vote, 212-212.<\/p>\n<p>The White House mounted a full-on offensive to prevent changes to the law. In particular, national security adviser Jake Sullivan dismissed the idea that the language on service providers, known as the Turner amendment, would expand the scope of who could be targeted.<\/p>\n<p>The administration called the provision a \u201ctechnical fix\u201d meant to address changing technology, while Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) mocked the language as so broadly written that the government could enlist Americans\u2019 cable guy to spy on them.<\/p>\n<p>The secret court that oversees FISA extended the government\u2019s 702 powers for another year earlier this month, so the program will not technically shut down in the coming hours, but the Justice Department had warned against even a temporary lapse, arguing the expiration creates legal ambiguity that could lead companies to refuse to cooperate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bill does include modest reforms aimed at preventing past violations of Americans\u2019 Fourth Amendment rights, but privacy hawks regard them as inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), one of the conservative holdouts, denounced the updated legislation as containing \u201cmore problems than a math book\u201d from the Senate floor on Friday. In recent days, he laid into leadership for what he called a contrived attempt to jam them with a last-minute deadline.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday night, the Senate renewed the contentious FISA spying program amidst staunch opposition. 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