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an amendment to the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act , a bill that would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act . Section 702 is a law that is meant to target foreign adversaries, but often surveils Americans’ private communications without a warrant.
The amendment tied at 212-212 in the House; a tie in the House means that the measure fails. Although Biggs’s amendment did receive support from a majority of Republicans, 86 House Republicans failed to support the proposal.with the majority of the House Republican Conference on warrants requirements: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer . Speaker Mike Johnson , House Majority Leader Steve Scalise , and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik voted against the warrant requirement.
Johnson used to support closing the backdoor search loophole, or the ability to surveil Americans through Section 702, which is meant to target foreigners. However, heConservatives and progressives blamed congressional leadership for pushing against genuine privacy reform. Rep. Thomas Massie wrote, “This is how the Constitution dies. By a tie vote, the amendment to require a warrant to spy on Americans goes down in flames. This is a sad day for America. The Speaker doesn’t always vote in the House, but he was the tie breaker today. He voted against warrants.”By a tie vote, the amendment to require a warrant to spy on Americans goes down in flames.The Speaker doesn’t always vote in the House, but he was the tie breaker today. He voted against warrants.
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