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House committee advances FISA, farm, budget to floor vote

(The Center Square) – The U.S. House Rules committee, in a 9-4 vote, advanced the farm bill, FISA extension and Senate-passed budget resolution to the House floor for a vote. The committee met in a marathon two-day session to consider amendments to the Farm, Food and National

U.S. House Republicans face jam-packed week ahead

(The Center Square) – U.S. House Republicans face a daunting legislative to-do list for the week ahead. The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down for more than 70 days, but House Republicans are still refusing to vote on Senate-passed legislation to reopen it until they see

Congress passes FISA Section 702 stopgap after 18-month extension fails in House

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate has adopted the House’s 10-day extension of the expiring Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, leaving Republican leadership less than two weeks to win over hardliners. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., had spent the past week attempting to

U.S. House vote on spy powers extension delayed due to bipartisan pushback

(The Center Square) – U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is postponing a vote on a clean extension of the federal government’s electronic surveillance powers due to member pushback. That leaves Congress four days at most to renew the expiring Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,

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