by Josh Christenson at New York Post
The House voted down a bill reauthorizing the federal government’s foreign surveillance capabilities Wednesday after former President Donald Trump demanded lawmakers “KILL” it — and despite support for the proposal from House Speaker Mike Johnson, a majority of Republicans and family members of Americans killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
The House voted 228-193 against advancing the rule to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) before it expires on April 19.
Nineteen Republicans and 209 Democrats voted down the rule, with many voicing concerns over its failure to constrain intelligence agencies from surveilling Americans’ personal data without a warrant and some knocking its inclusion in a rule vote with other conservative priorities…
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