00:02Quietly, in the middle of the night, the U.S. House passed a short-term extension of a controversial
00:08surveillance program used by American intelligence agencies. In the early morning hours, lawmakers
00:14approved a stopgap measure to keep the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, from
00:20expiring on Monday. The bill buys time until April 30th, as Congress remains divided over
00:26Section 702, the provision that allows the government to collect communications of foreigners
00:31overseas, including messages involving Americans without a warrant. President Trump has pushed
00:37for a clean extension with no changes, but that effort stalled, with about 20 Republicans
00:42joining most Democrats to block it earlier. The Senate still needs to approve the short-term
00:47extension before the deadline.
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