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Senate blows up renewal of key surveillance power to protest Trump pick of Bill Pulte as acting DNI
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act will lapse at 11:59 p.m. June 12 absent congressional approval.
WASHINGTON — The Senate blocked a bid Friday to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in protest of President Trump’s recent selection of housing regulator Bill Pulte to serve as acting director of national intelligence .
Despite needing a simple majority to advance , the Senate voted 52-47 against opening debate on a three-year extension of the warrantless electronic surveillance authority.
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