The House is expected to vote as soon as Wednesday afternoon on a measure to reauthorize a powerful surveillance tool for three years — a day before its statutory authority is set to expire — after Republican leadership muscled through a resolution that set the guidelines for floor debate.
Congressional leaders are scrambling to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before its statutory authority expires Thursday, with House Republican leaders hoping to overcome deep-seated concerns from privacy advocates in their own party.
Securing enough GOP support for the rule, which outlined the guidelines for floor debate, was a major step forward in Speaker Mike Johnson’s push to renew Section 702.
