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House GOP Will Try to Pass Four Bills This Week
House Republicans plan to try to pass four bills this week to send aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, Punchbowl News reports.
The fourth bill will include a ban on TikTok, a bill to sell off seized Russian assets, a Lend-Lease act for military aid, convertible loans for humanitarian relief and other provisions.
The GOP leadership will try to move this plan under one rule, the sources said.
Politico: “But here’s the big question: If the bills come over from the House to the Senate broken up into pieces – particularly a piece that sends aid to Israel without conditions – would it be a problem for the Senate, given rising Democratic concerns over the U.S. ally’s handling of its war in Gaza?”
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House sends foreign surveillance reform bill to Senate
The push by privacy hawks was down to the wire, failing with a 212-212 vote.
Two representatives then offered competing motions on whether to reconsider the issue, pushing the House to again consider the FISA bill after otherwise approving it without a warrant requirement on Friday.
Lawmakers voted 259-128 Monday to table the motion to again take up the bill.
The vote leaves the reauthorization bill heading to the Senate without a warrant requirement that united some firebrand conservatives with progressive Democrats.
Section 702 empowers the nation’s intelligence agencies to spy only on noncitizens living abroad. But in the course of those operations, the government frequently sweeps up communications from Americans in contact with the foreigners under surveillance.
While those in favor of a warrant said it was necessary to protect Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights, those opposed argued it was not legally required and would gut the bill, stopping law enforcement from acting on information in real time.