Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program !

Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program

Time:2024-04-21 00:12:04 source:Earthly Exploits news portal

WASHINGTON (AP) — After its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse.

The legislation approved 60-34 with bipartisan support would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden “will swiftly sign the bill.”

“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. “All day long, we persisted and we persisted in trying to reach a breakthrough and in the end, we have succeeded.”

Related information
  • A new, stable fiscal forecast for Kansas reinforces the dynamics of a debate over tax cuts
  • China Shares Experiences in Fighting Against COVID
  • ACWF President Stresses Greater Efforts in Lifting All Impoverished Women out of Poverty
  • 'Liusanjie of New Generation' Sings for New Era
  • Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co
  • ACWF President Stresses Greater Efforts in Lifting All Impoverished Women out of Poverty
  • ACWF President Meets Poverty Fighting Women Role Models
  • National Parent
Recommended content
  • Apple pulls WhatsApp and Threads from App Store on Beijing's orders
  • MCA, ACWF Promote Harmony Within Families
  • China to launch law popularization campaign aimed at rural women
  • Two Sessions
  • Mariah Carey turns heads in a dramatic gold floor
  • Engineer Plays Vital Role Building Padma Bridge in Bangladesh