It is better to fight your battles when you have the advantage. The 702 vote put a drop dead date of the unconstitutional FISA program in 4 months. It will no longer be tied to voting for defense spending.
If the goal was to put it up to a stand alone vote, I wouldn’t consider it a win, but more of a preparatory step.
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Thanks. We’ll see. Guy has a crappy ACU rating.