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

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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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