The House rejected a short-term extension of a government spy program set to lapse in just one day. 

The House voted 198-218, with 19 Republicans joining nearly every Democrat against the three-week patch of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows surveillance of foreign nationals abroad without a warrant. The bill would have needed a two-thirds majority to pass under an expedited process.

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