{"id":2597191,"date":"2026-04-30T14:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-to-jam-house-with-fisa-extension-that-excludes-cbdc-ban\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:28:48","slug":"senate-to-jam-house-with-fisa-extension-that-excludes-cbdc-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-to-jam-house-with-fisa-extension-that-excludes-cbdc-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate to jam House with FISA extension that excludes CBDC ban"},"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%2Fsenate-to-jam-house-with-fisa-extension-that-excludes-cbdc-ban%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=2597191&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 Senate is considering a \u201cclean\u201d short-term renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that would extend the government\u2019s foreign surveillance authority for several weeks without the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >anti-central bank digital currency<\/a> (CBDC) provision attached by House Speaker Mike Johnson. The House previously sent a three-year extension to the Senate that includes oversight safeguards and penalties,but also ties in a CBDC ban aimed at preventing the Federal Reserve from creating a digital currency,a measure opposed by some because it raises privacy-tracking concerns.<\/p>\n<p>With the FISA program set to expire Friday at midnight, Senate Majority Leader John Thune warned that the House version would likely fail in the Senate and argued for moving forward with a 45-day extension while negotiations continue with Democrats over how long the patch should last. Thune and Johnson both signaled that the Senate\u2019s best path forward may be passing a measure without the CBDC language first, to avoid delays tied to the required votes.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"84\">Senate<\/a> is thumbing its nose at a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4548624\/democrats-bail-johnson-out-government-spy-powers\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4548624\/democrats-bail-johnson-out-government-spy-powers\/\">House-passed extension<\/a> of a government surveillance program over the attachment of a central bank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-lawmakers-to-watch-as-johnson-tries-to-pass-fisa-extension\/\" title=\"... lawmakers to watch as ... tries to pass FISA extension\">digital currency ban<\/a> included by Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) as part of a deal with conservative holdouts.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the upper chamber plans to move forward on Thursday with a clean extension of section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which will last several weeks and does not include the digital currency attachment. The Senate plans to send the clean extension back to the House and then leave <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"260\">Washington<\/a> for more than a weeklong recess.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4549428\/ed-martin-thom-tillis-go-to-hell\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ed Martin tells Thom Tillis to \u2018go to Hell\u2019 over DOJ swipe<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4548827\/graham-trump-ignore-war-powers-deadline-iran\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Graham urges Trump to \u2018ignore\u2019 war powers deadline as GOP grapples with Iran<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4548735\/fetterman-democrats-not-the-popular-guy\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Fetterman laughs when asked about relationship with Democratic colleagues: Not the \u2018popular guy\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The FISA program is set to expire on Friday at midnight unless both chambers can pass an agreement to extend its authority, which grants the government warrantless spy powers over foreign nationals abroad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"1250\">House<\/a> sent its three-year extension of section 702 to the Senate on Wednesday. The House-passed legislation includes oversight guardrails and penalties for abuses of the spy program.<\/p>\n<p>But as part of House GOP leadership\u2019s deal with conservative holdouts, the digital currency ban was also attached to the reauthorization bill before it was sent to the Senate. The ban has long been a source of disagreement between the chambers. It would prohibit the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-reserve\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"726\">Federal Reserve<\/a> from establishing a digital currency, which proponents of the ban say would infringe on privacy rights because the federal government could more easily track digital currencies.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"178\"> John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) has warned Johnson that the House version would be dead on arrival, given the need to overcome a 60-vote filibuster with Democratic support. Senate Republicans are pushing a 45-day clean extension, but were in negotiations with Democrats for as short as three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my view, it\u2019s going to take a certain amount of time,\u201d Thune told reporters Thursday while advocating a 45-day extension. \u201cI think that gives us a sufficient amount of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4548624\/democrats-bail-johnson-out-government-spy-powers\/\">OVER 40 HOUSE DEMOCRATS BAIL JOHNSON OUT ON THREE-YEAR EXTENSION OF GOVERNMENT SPY POWERS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That same morning, Johnson said the \u201csimplest\u201d way to\u00a0pass a reauthorization of the surveillance program would be for the Senate to pass the House\u2019s three-year extension.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the simplest way out of this,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cAll that we did was add the anti-CBDC provision, and that\u2019s something that\u2019s broadly supported. Every House Republican does. I think some Democrats in the House support that provision.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate rejects House FISA extension over CBDC ban; moves on a clean reauthorization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4067,"featured_media":2597192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26111732859482_20bf41.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[78828,3653,3740],"class_list":["post-2597191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-fisa-extension","tag-house","tag-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26111732859482_20bf41.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4067"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597191"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597195,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597191\/revisions\/2597195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2597192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}