After a group of hard-line Republicans helped tank a procedural rule to move forward with reauthorizing a key surveillance law, GOP leaders are now scrambling to craft a solution just nine days before the current security measures expire.
The House adjourned on Wednesday after canceling evening votes due to intraparty dissension among GOP lawmakers over proposed reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Lawmakers met in a closed-door meeting that evening, the second such gathering of the day, to plot a path forward, an effort that concluded without a clear path forward.
“It was mostly just members explaining their positions and embarrassing the conference, which we already have,” said Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), a member of the House Freedom Caucus. “And so I think the most important thing now — is what is going to
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