Fears of domestic Iranian terrorist cells may not be enough to get a clean extension for the federal government’s foreign spy powers that expire next month, as President Donald Trump and House conservatives complicate the path forward for congressional leaders.
A push to attach the GOP’s voter ID and citizenship bill — the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act — to a measure reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is threatening to upend the tenuous process that requires bipartisanship and is receiving a chilly reception in the Republican Senate.
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