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The House on Wednesday passed legislation to ban the government from purchasing Americans’ private data from data brokers, which is considered a run around the Fourth Amendment.

Lawmakers and privacy experts on both sides of the political spectrum are sounding the alarm on a provision in a spy powers reform bill that one senator described as one of the “most terrifying expansions of government surveillance” in history.

Eighty-six House Republicans on Friday voted against an amendment to require a warrant for surveillance of Americans’ communications.

President Joe Biden backed a bill House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) hopes to pass on Friday that would reauthorize a controversial surveillance bill.

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday called to “kill FISA” as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) moves to reauthorize a controversial surveillance law.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) and Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT) offered an amendment to a spy powers reform bill that effectively serves as a “Patriot Act 2.0” and greatly expands surveillance of Americans.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Tuesday that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) kowtowing to the intelligence agencies on a controversial surveillance law is a “prime example” of the “D.C. cartel.”

Mike Johnson once supported a bill that would end intelligence agencies’ ability to purchase Americans’ private information from data brokers but has now stripped it from a spy powers reform bill.

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) handling of deep state surveillance reform has led many conservatives to blame the leader of the House for blocking reform of controversial surveillance laws.

Conservatives and progressives on Friday are demanding that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) allow for amendments to curb surveillance abuse during next week’s spy powers reauthorization fight.

Reps. Warren Davidson (R-OH) and Andy Biggs (R-AZ) in a statement on Thursday said President Joe Biden “cannot pretend” to protect Americans’ privacy while undermining congressional efforts to rein in surveillance, Breitbart News can reveal.

FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon on Tuesday warned congressional leaders against using the “specter” of a government shutdown to reauthorize deep state spy powers.

Rep. Bob Good called for the removal of Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner over his efforts to scuttle surveillance reform.

Andy Biggs called for the ouster of Mike Turner for overhyping the Russia threat as conservatives tried to rein in government surveillance.

Thirty House Republicans sent a letter Tuesday to GOP leadership, urging them to protect Americans’ second and fourth amendment rights.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is aiming to vote on reauthorizing and potentially reforming deep state spy powers next week, according to a report.

Congress faces a chaotic schedule when it returns in the new year. Here are four of the more pressing issues when Congress returns in two weeks.

As privacy-oriented lawmakers continue waging their war to rein in government surveillance abuse, there have been several startling revelations about the government’s abuse of government surveillance laws.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), one of the leaders behind the fight to reform a deep state surveillance law, on Friday said Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) strategy was more “appeasement” than leadership.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) warned in an interview with Breitbart News Daily that the alleged short-term extension of a deep state surveillance law could extend it well into 2025.

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH), a staunch privacy advocate, accused House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) on Monday of “f*cking lying” about the Protect Liberty Act, a House Judiciary Committee-advanced bill meant to reform a controversial deep state surveillance law.

The House this week will vote on two competing FISA reform bills, the Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act, and the other which has been derided by privacy advocates as the “PATRIOT Act 2.0.”

Former House Judiciary Committee Chairmen Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Lamar Smith (R-TX) endorsed the House Judiciary Committee-advanced bill, the Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act.

Speaker Mike Johson (R-LA) backtracked and caved to the deep state and Democrats, moving to slip a deep state authorization into the defense bill.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said during a Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday that Congress cannot trust the FBI because Director Christopher Wray could not say who has been punished for violating Americans’ rights.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday reportedly tabled a move to slip a deep state reauthorization into a defense bill.

House and Senate conservatives on Wednesday sounded the alarm on a potential move by congressional leadership to extend a deep state surveillance law in a defense bill.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) told Breitbart News in an exclusive statement that the House Intelligence Committee’s proposed reforms are “mere window dressing” and may even expand government surveillance programs.

President Joe Biden’s White House has shot down a massive bipartisan bill to reform America’s surveillance laws — without reading the sweeping proposal that is backed by lawmakers across the spectrum.

Ratcliffe called for government surveillance powers reform amid a debate on whether Congress should reauthorize them by the end of the year.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) told Breitbart News in an exclusive that his “number one goal” this year is to block reauthorization of what is known as the “crown jewel” for the intelligence agencies.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) told Breitbart News, in an exclusive interview Monday, that the FBI’s claim that surveillance of Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) was “counterintelligence” is merely a “cover story.”

The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday will investigate how Section 702, a law that was designed to help combat terrorism, has been “weaponized against” Americans. 

The House Judiciary Committee is expected to hold a hearing next week on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) ahead of Section 702’s reauthorization this December, Breitbart News has learned exclusively. 

The New York Times reported that the warrantless surveillance of Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) was a counterintelligence measure.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have purchased Americans’ private data, in what could be considered an end run around constitutional protections against warrantless searches.