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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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House Intelligence Committee ranking member Jim Himes pushed Senate Republican leadership Tuesday to reauthorize a warrantless spying tool before Democrats take the majority.
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Democrats → push → majority
Himes, a Democrat from Connecticut, told Politico he spoke to Senate Majority Leader John Thune about reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the government to collect and search American citizens’ data without a warrant if they were in contact with targeted noncitizens.
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they → tell → noncitizens
Democrats blocked the reauthorization of Section 702 over the summer and have since remained split on its passage.
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Democrats → block → passage
“My preference would be, let’s just take the win that’s on the table, get it done in the lame-duck,” Himes said.
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Himes → let → duck
“If that fails, we’ll do something in the first quarter.”
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we → fail → quarter
Section 702 lapsed on June 12 after Democrats voted against its reauthorization.
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Democrats → lapse → reauthorization
The Democrats’ vote was in retaliation against Federal Housing Director Bill Pulte’s temporary appointment as director of national intelligence before the Senate confirmed Jay Clayton.
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Senate → confirm → Clayton
(RELATED: Lawmakers Won’t Stop Singing Praises Of Fed’s Favorite Warrantless Spying Tool)
Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Josh Hawley of Missouri and four other Senate Republicans voted against its reauthorization during a June 5 vote.
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Lee → stop → vote
Lee argued that a warrant must be added before the government spies on Americans.
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government → argue → Americans
FISA 702 reauthorization failed because it did not contain a warrant requirement for spying on Americans.
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it → fail → Americans
The people who spied on the Trump campaign, Members of Congress, and countless other Americans hate the idea.
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who → spy → idea
Come back with warrant requirement, and we’ll pass the bill.
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we → come → bill
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) June 5, 2026
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy told the Daily Caller News Foundation in July that they would not support reauthorizing Section 702 when Clayton took power.
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Clayton → tell → power
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner and Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly told Politico they supported the renewal without a warrant.
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they → tell → warrant
Nineteen House Republicans, including Tim Burchett of Tennessee and Thomas Massie of Kentucky, voted against extending the reauthorization the day before its expiration.
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Republicans → include → expiration
Massie and House Freedom Caucus members have historically opposed or conditioned support on reforms.
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Massie → oppose → reforms
Massie and Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado introduced the “Surveillance Accountability Act” on April 23, which would require federal law enforcement to show probable cause before accessing Americans’ private digital data.
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which → introduce → data
Trump called for the passage of FISA section 702 in an April 15 statement, though he spent years opposing the program until the lead up to the Iran war.
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he → call → war
Weeks before the U.S. entered the conflict on Feb. 28, administration officials arranged a meeting with lawmakers in early February to promote FISA programs without changes.
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officials → enter → changes
The president’s position changed after the 2024 election, when Trump called to “KILL FISA” because it was used illegally to spy on his campaign.
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it → change → campaign
A Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general’s report found “significant inaccuracies” in the FBI applications for FISA warrants against a Trump campaign adviser, and the DOJ later conceded that two of the four orders were invalid.
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orders → find → adviser
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