‘Hell Week’: House Has to Grapple with FISA, ICE Funding, and Farm Bill

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‘Hell Week’: House Has to Grapple with FISA, ICE Funding, and Farm Bill

Sean Moran 27 Apr 2026

The House has to grapple with a number of tasks, including the reauthorization of FISA, funding ICE and Border Patrol, passing a farm bill, and potentially even find a way to fund the White House ballroom renovation.

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) said this week “is going to be hell week,” referring to the House’s need to pass a bill reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the need to pass a “skinny” reconciliation bill that would fund the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and the Border Patrol, and pass a Farm bill to reauthorize agricultural programs.

“Mike Johnson has a very difficult job. He has the second toughest job in the world … The Lord Jesus couldn’t lead this delegation,” Nehls said about the challenging role Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has as he leads the tiny majority in the House.

House conservatives continue to fight a clean reauthorization of Section 702, a key surveillance authority, believing that the program should be reformed to require a warrant to search Americans’ private communications and a warrant requirement for law enforcement and federal agencies before purchasing Americans’ private data. House GOP leadership believes that they can pass the bill, although it may require Democrat votes to overcome the conservative opposition to clean reauthorization.

The House also has to grapple with passing the Senate-passed budget resolution that would seek to fund parts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), such as ICE and the Border Patrol. Many House Republicans do not believe that there would be a third reconciliation bill that would fund other GOP priorities.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/27/hell-week-house-has-to-grapple-fisa-ice-funding-farm-bill/

[rustynail]

Someone get the Tiny Violin.

[bigheadfred]

Someone get the Tiny Violin.

 

[DefiantMassRINO]

Yeah, having to work a few weeks a year is such a b!tch.

I only have 13 more years, of working 50 weeks a year, before I can retire at the spry, young age of 67 ... if criminal illegal alien foreigners haven't bankrupted the US by then ... or there's not a Commie takeover by then.