Posted on 04/19/2024 8:06:47 PM PDT by RandFan
After hours of stalemate, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced a deal Friday evening to vote on a package of amendments to a House-passed bill to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program, putting it on a trajectory to pass before a midnight deadline.
The expanded surveillance powers authorized by FISA’s controversial Section 702 were due to expire at the end of the day Friday and appeared to be headed for a lapse as senators wrangled over a package of amendments to require warrants to review the communications of Americans swept up in the FISA database among other changes.
“We have good news for America’s national security. Senators have reached an agreement that clears the way to approve FISA reauthorization tonight,” Schumer announced on the Senate floor.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
They do whatever spying they want anyway.
Thank goodness they didn’t have to miss a single day of running the police state, peering themselves to overthrow duly elected public officials, etc
I believe they’ve finished and passed it.
Schumer just made a statement: “Bipartisanship wins”
More like Deep State wins :(
Most of the good amendments I saw were also voted down...
He was right on many things...
I guess they could use 5 eyes, but the House just reauthorized FISA without even a fig leaf excuse.
No, dealing with a cowardly GOPee Speaker wins!
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