Conservatives scored a victory in the House yesterday when 19 Republicans joined Democrats in stopping Speaker of the House Mike Johnson's FISA reauthorization.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., could now turn to a clean Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act extension bill after a reauthorization bill with a bipartisan warrant requirement amendment failed to advance in the GOP-led House on Wednesday.
A clean bill could allow for warrantless surveillance of American citizens for another five years.
If Speaker Johnson were to push it or allow a vote if the Senate were to pass their own, it would likely pass in the House with a combination of centrist Republicans and Democrats supporting it.
If it's a choice between a clean bill and allowing FISA to expire later this month, Speaker Johnson may feel like he has no other choice.
We must not allow for a "Clean" reauthorization of FISA 702.
We must continue to fight until we can attach a warrant requirement to FISA 702.
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