As 100 Percent Fed Up reported Friday, the House of Representatives passed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

JUST IN: House Of Representatives Reauthorize FISA Warrantless Spying On Americans

The reauthorization continues the FISA warrantless spying on Americans.

The House passed the measure by a 273–147 vote.

126 Republicans voted in favor of reauthorizing this egregious betrayal of the American people.

Section 702 is scheduled to expire on April 19th.

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The House also rejected an amendment proposed by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) that would require a warrant to spy on Americans.

86 Republicans voted against the amendment.

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“This is how the Constitution dies. By a tie vote, the amendment to require a warrant to spy on Americans goes down in flames. This is a sad day for America. The Speaker doesn’t always vote in the House, but he was the tie breaker today. He voted against warrants,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) commented.

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However, in a “rare procedural maneuver,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) said she would force a second vote on Monday.

“You cannot have a free and open society with the warrantless spying of Americans. Today, the bipartisan vote to force intelligence communities to get a warrant was lost by one vote. In an effort to stop this, I requested a rare procedural maneuver that will force a second vote on Monday,” Luna said.

“Hopefully we can change minds. I will be writing all 435 members over the weekend. Please help me. Talk to your reps. We have one last shot at this,” she continued.

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“It’s not over. There will be ONE more vote on Monday on a reconsideration of FISA in the U.S. House. The bill should be stopped because it lacks warrant protection for Americans – thanks to 86 Republicans & 126 Democrats who killed the warrant,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said.

“The FISA bill was passed by the House without extra warrant protections to stop the FBI from spying on Americans So Rep. Luna requested a very rare procedural maneuver to force a re-vote on Monday and it worked Remember, the warrant amendment failed by only 1 vote and a GOP Rep was out with the flu today Rep. Luna may have just singlehandedly saved American civil liberties The fight continues Monday,” DC Draino commented.

This story is developing. 

 

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