Some senators are pushing to make changes to a House-passed bill that would extend a powerful surveillance authority for two years as differences persist over what privacy protections should be included to renew the program.
Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., filed an amendment that would install a warrant requirement for certain information collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
And Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has called for a vote on an amendment he filed with Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., that would strip out a provision that his office called a “major expansion of warrantless surveillance.”
