The Senate is flirting with a temporary lapse in a controversial spy law as a bipartisan coalition of senators protest what they say is an unconstitutional expansion of the government’s surveillance powers.
The bill, which would extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for another two years, passed the House last week with modest reforms geared toward transparency and preventing abuse.
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