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FISA Section 702 extension heads to House floor for vote, support uncertain

(The Center Square) – The U.S. House will decide whether to advance a bill reauthorizing a controversial government surveillance authority, but it may not have the votes to pass. Expiring in five days, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows federal intelligence agencies to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance

Lawmakers push back against 'blank check for warrantless surveillance'

(The Center Square) – Ahead of a scheduled House floor vote Wednesday, dozens of U.S. lawmakers are demanding that any extension of the federal government’s electronic surveillance powers include privacy protections for Americans. Echoing some of the concerns of Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus, a group of 53

Congress to tackle DHS shutdown, govt. funding, voter ID bill on return

(The Center Square) – After two weeks of recess, Congress returns Monday facing a still-shuttered Homeland Security department and a massive legislative to-do list. Government shutdown and ICE & CBP funding: By Monday, the Department of Homeland Security will have operated 55 days without core funding – the longest government

Ex-CIA officer: Congress must not renew law allowing govt to spy on Americans

(The Center Square) – Congress plans to renew a powerful surveillance tool of the National Security Agency, but a former CIA military imagery analyst is urging lawmakers to reconsider. Now a civil liberties policy analyst at the Cato Institute, Patrick Eddington argues that the expiring Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence