Lawmakers and civil liberties groups are pushing for additional changes to overseas surveillance legislation scrapped this week after House Republicans couldn’t agree on a path forward.
House leaders had planned votes on a pair of bills to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which the intelligence community said needs to be extended to prevent imparing national security.
Renewal has been contentious as the program permits the warrantless collection of private messages in certain circumstances where Americans are in contact with foreign surveillance targets.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) thought he had a path forward, planning for the House ...