Spy Power Expiration: Conservatives Push for Privacy Reforms
Spy Power Expiration: Conservatives Push for Privacy Reforms
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Publish Date: 2026-06-12 16:25:00
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An American intelligence spying power is set to expire in mere hours, leaving the nation vulnerable. After the House failed to negotiate reforms and pass an extension, members departed for a 12-day recess.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act will expire at midnight on Friday after Congress failed to reach an agreement on warrantless searches. FISA currently grants the federal government authority to surveil foreigners without a warrant, but conservatives, fighting for reforms, argue that it can be used to spy on Americans and collect data.
The extension bill failed Thursday night, 198-218, with 19 conservative hawks joining 199 Democrats voting against it. Though both groups were opposed to the legislation, it was for very different reasons.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., says there’s no point to try to stay in Washington to attempt another vote.
199 Democrats voted AGAINST a clean three week extension of the FISA National Security Law for political purposes.
When the bill went down, they APPLAUDED.
They are willing to JEOPARDIZE the safety and the security of the American people to make a cheap political point.
I pray… pic.twitter.com/36AV70MZMt
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) June 11, 2026
“Just now, I attempted to pass a short-term extension for three weeks, a clean extension, no changes to the law, just to make sure that the people are not subjected to great harm, and the Democrats—199 of them—voted against it and applauded themselves as they left the building,” Johnson said.
“What would be the point of me going through this exercise over and over? The House has done every single thing.”
According to Reps. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., and Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., both members of the House Freedom Caucus, the government collects hundreds of millions of international communications every year.
The problem, the two lawmakers said in a recent op-ed, is that the CIA, FBI, and the National…
