House GOP considers backup FISA plan to sunset spy tool after stunning floor defeat

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House GOP considers backup FISA plan to sunset spy tool after stunning floor defeat
By
Rachel Schilke
and
Cami Mondeaux
April 11, 2024 2:41 pm
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House Republicans are regrouping and considering a two-year sunset on a key surveillance law as a way to move forward on reauthorizing security measures after a group of hard-line Republicans effectively killed a procedural rule in a blow to House leaders ahead of next week’s deadline.

The “no” votes of 19 hard-line House Republicans and all Democrats sent House GOP leadership back to the drawing board to find consensus on how to go about renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which sunsets every five years.

To get people on board and pass FISA reauthorization ahead of its April 19 expiration date, Republicans are now considering a two-year reauthorization, multiple House lawmakers told the Washington Examiner.

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) told the Washington Examiner that he thinks both a two-year reauthorization and a stand-alone vote on an amendment from Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) might unite the conference and allow both the rule and the legislation itself to pass the next time around.

Norman added that he expects a vote on another procedural rule next week, which places lawmakers in a time crunch before important security measures expire.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/2962729/house-gop-considers-backup-fisa-plan-sunset-spy-tool-stunning-floor-defeat/

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 Jeffries: Democrats won’t help Johnson break FISA impasse
by Mike Lillis - 04/11/24 3:37 PM ET

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that Democrats will not help GOP leaders with a procedural vote to advance legislation extending the government’s surveillance powers.

Nineteen conservative Republicans joined forces with all House Democrats on Wednesday to sink a rule governing a bipartisan proposal to renew a controversial section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), as well as several other Republican messaging bills.

The extraordinary development effectively blocked the underlying legislation from receiving a floor vote. And it led to speculation that Democrats — who overwhelmingly support FISA reauthorization — might break tradition to help Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) usher a stand-alone FISA bill to the floor.

But asked Thursday if Democrats would support such a strategy — and if he’s spoken with Johnson on the topic — Jeffries was terse.

“No, and no,” he told reporters in the Capitol.

The opposition from Democrats eliminates one of an already small list of options Johnson is weighing to break the impasse over the reauthorization of FISA Section 702 — a proposal Johnson had opposed as a member of the Judiciary Committee, but now supports as Speaker.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4588868-jeffries-johnson-fisa-impasse/

[Fishrrman]

Let it die a peaceful death...

[Timber Rattler]

Two years, eh?  So let's see, that would be just in time for the next Congress to kick that can down the road yet again.

No thanks!  End it!