House blocks short-term extension of key Fisa spy power amid furor over Bill Pulte – US politics live
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09.58 EDTDemocrats set to block short-term extension of key Fisa spy power amid furore over Bill PulteThe House will vote at 10am ET on a short-term extension of the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (Fisa) Section 702 at Donald Trump’s request.The key surveillance program allows for warrantless surveillance of foreign sources. House speaker Mike Johnson said yesterday that the bill, which would push back the expiration of the spying program’s powers to 2 July, would need a two-thirds majority to pass.But the measure is widely expected to fail, with Democrats in uproar over Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte – a close ally with no national intelligence experience – as acting national intelligence director.
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