The House will proceed to a full vote on the formal reprimand, centered on the progressive pulling a fire alarm in a House office building. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) speaks with reporters. Warrantless surveillance hitches a ride on defense policy bill — causing fresh GOP agita
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) cited the wiretapping authority patch as one of several reasons she would vote “hell no” on the legislation.
Congress is preparing to extend its deadline for untangling a complicated fight over warrantless government surveillance – which will mean yet another headache for House GOP leaders.
Top lawmakers are attaching a short-term extension of the government wiretapping power known as Section 702 to a sweeping defense policy bill, according to seven aides and lawmakers familiar with the text of the bill.
The extension would give Congress until April 19 to figure out how to reauthorize Section 702, named for its specific section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The provision is meant to target foreigners abroad but has long stoked controversy for its ability to sweep in Americans.
Whether to attach a surveillance powers extension was one of the final sticking points on the defense bill, whose text is now finalized and expected to be released later Wednesday. Both the House and Senate still need to pass the defense bill, and there is bipartisan backlash already brewing over the decision to attach a surveillance extension.
Conservatives privately urged Speaker Mike Johnson to separate the two issues. His decision not to do so promises […]
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