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The House passed a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in a 273-147 vote. The FISA bill now moves to the Senate, which is expected to give it bipartisan ...
House conservatives revolted against GOP leadership and defeated a FISA rule vote on the floor Wednesday, the latest blow to Speaker Mike Johnson that comes after former President Donald Trump ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives could vote again this week on controversial surveillance legislation, a Republican congressman said, after an initial attempt failed in the ...
December 28, 2012: By a vote of 73 to 23, the U.S. Senate voted to extend the FISA Amendments Act for five years until December 31, 2017 [25] December 30, 2012: President Barack Obama signed the bill into law. [26] [27] January 18, 2018: The Senate approved a six-year extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. [28]
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA, Pub. L. 95–511, 92 Stat. 1783, 50 U.S.C. ch. 36) is a United States federal law that establishes procedures for the surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence on domestic soil.
On August 3, 2007, the Senate passed the bill in a vote of 60 to 28(110th Congress 1st Session Vote 309). The House followed by passing the bill, 227–183 (House Roll Call 836) on August 3, 2007. The bill altered the original 1978 law in many ways, including: [10]
By a vote of 228-193, the Republican-controlled House prevented the bill from coming up for debate on the floor. That leaves the program in limbo shortly before it is due to expire on April 19.
The House on Friday passed a modified surveillance bill, just two days after an earlier version failed to advance in a public rebuke to GOP leadership.