House passes procedural vote to advance budget blueprint, spy powers extension

The House on Wednesday narrowly passed a procedural vote to advance the renewal of foreign surveillance powers and the ultimate passage of a budget blueprint.The 216-210 vote came as Republican critics of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) Section 702 spy powers ultimately voted in favor, The Hill reported.
FISA Section 702 has long drawn scrutiny from privacy hawks due to the ability of the intelligence community to gather information on Americans without a warrant while surveilling foreigners.
President Donald Trump, for his part, called for a clean extension of Section 702 last week, citing the ongoing Iran war.
“I am asking Republicans to UNIFY, and vote together on the test vote to bring a clean Bill to the floor. We need to stick together when this Bill comes before the House Rules Committee today to keep it CLEAN!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.

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