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Rand Paul, Mike Lee will vote against spending bill with permanent FISA authorization

By Kelly Cohen
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Rand Paul, Mike Lee will vote against spending bill with permanent FISA authorization

Two Republican senators warned Tuesday that they would vote against any government spending bill that includes permanent reauthorization of a controversial provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, said they would go that far to oppose a permanent authorization of Section 702 of the FISA law.

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