Republican leaders are pressing forward with a deal to reauthorize a powerful spy powers tool despite Democratic pushback to President Donald Trump’s pick for acting director of national intelligence.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Wednesday he understood Democrats’ frustrations with the president’s selection of Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to serve as Tulsi Gabbard’s replacement. But, he said, it’s a “really risky strategy” to use that as a reason to let Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expire.
“I know there’s some consternation among Democrats on that appointment, but at the ...
