The House voted to pass a bill Friday to reauthorize a powerful surveillance authority, apparently capping off a bruising monthslong debate over national security concerns and privacy protections for Americans.
The House voted 273-147 on the measure to continue for two years Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with some changes aimed at making sure the government could not misuse the power.
But the chamber was sharply divided on whether to require the government to get a warrant before searching for the information of Americans swept up in the program — an issue that repeatedly raised hurdles to House action on reauthorization.
