After hours of stalemate, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ... Senate reaches deal to pass FISA reauthorization by deadline. Story by Alexander Bolton • 9mo.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner, D-Va., pushed back on that and other criticisms of a House amendment added to the FISA reauthorization bill, arguing that it “is narrowly focused ...

"We finally got the Senate to agree to take votes to address serious problems with the FISA expansion and 702 reauthorization passed by the House," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote on X.

The Senate early Saturday passed a two-year reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program after hours of intense and sometimes ...

"In the nick of time, we are reauthorizing FISA right before it expires at midnight," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said when voting on final passage began 15 minutes before the deadline.

The Senate passed a controversial extension of the federal government’s warrantless spying powers just after a midnight deadline on Friday over objections from Democrats and Republicans who o… ...

Senate passes, Biden signs ... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell also pressed for passage of the FISA ... “This reauthorization of Section 702 gives the United States the authority to ...

In a 273 to 147 vote, lawmakers renewed Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to expire on April 19, through 2026. It now heads to the Senate.

The Senate rejected six amendments that sought to change the House-passed version on privacy protections, which advocates said were needed after a series of abuses by the FBI.. Among them, the ...