After weeks of back-and-forth over renewal of a government surveillance program, the House was forced to accept a short-term extension sent over by the Senate or risk the spy tool expiring altogether.
The House passed the Senate’s 45-day clean extension of section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Thursday afternoon, 261-111. Overall, 85 Republicans opposed the short-term patch that did not include a ban on central bank digital currency negotiated by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as part of a deal with conservative holdouts.
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