Source: Fox News
Summary
House Speaker Mike Johnson secured a test vote for a three-year extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) after a marathon session. The procedural measure also includes a Senate-passed budget resolution and the farm bill. GOP leadership held the vote open for over two hours to flip conservative holdouts. Every Republican voted yes. The successful vote came after a lobbying campaign from the Trump administration and Republican leadership to sell GOP privacy hawks on the extension.
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As expected, the matter has reached another stage.
House lawmakers approved a test vote for a FISA extension, which includes a Senate-passed budget resolution and the farm bill. The vote was held open for over two hours to flip conservative holdouts. Every Republican voted yes. The successful vote came after a lobbying campaign from the Trump administration and Republican leadership. The Senate may move to pass a rival FISA plan and force the House to swallow it ahead of Thursday’s deadline.
The process has entered a familiar phase: the House and Senate engaging in a game of legislative chicken.
