Congress passed a short-term extension of a key government surveillance authority after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) failed to ram through a clean extension of Section 702 of FISA over the interests of bipartisan lawmakers who want to reform the spy power.
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) on Tuesday said he would introduce an amendment to a bill to reauthorize a key spy powers authority to prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from purchasing Americans’ data through third-party data brokers.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on Monday wrote to National Security Agency (NSA) Director Joshua Rudd about multiple instances of “deeply troubling abuses of power” by NSA analysts who have misused Section 702 of FISA to search private communications, including a person met through a dating service and a potential tenant.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) told Breitbart News the only way she would accept a clean extension of Section 702 of FISA is if the SAVE America Act were attached to the legislation, arguing that “voter ID is national security.”
House Republican leaders will move a planned vote on a controversial surveillance plan to April after many conservatives balked at the idea of extending the surveillance authority without more reform, according to a report.
Sens. Mike Lee and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced legislation Monday that would protect Americans from warrantless government surveillance.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) on Wednesday proposed legislation to eliminate the intelligence community’s surveillance tools that “erode” Americans’ civil liberties.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) would like to forget most of 2024, and so would many Republicans. The embattled speaker showed an inability to negotiate with Democrats, communicate with or manage his own Republicans, or move any Republican priorities whatsoever. Additionally,
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene joined Breitbart News Saturday to discuss her effort, as host Matt Boyle expressed it, to “expose Speaker Mike Johnson’s power-sharing agreement with the Democrats.”
Florida Republican Congressional candidate Mara Macie told Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Saturday that she would vote “the exact opposite” of her establishment opponent Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL).
MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill said Friday on “Morning Joe” that former President Donald Trump does not know what the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) or the Affordable Care Act dubbed Obamacare were.
President Joe Biden’s Secretary of the Navy awarded soon-to-be-ex-Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) with its highest civilian honor Wednesday, days before Gallagher quits Congress in the middle of his term after postponing his quit date long enough to fight for Biden’s
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) told Breitbart News exclusively that she is prepared to force House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) out of his position with a vote to vacate the chair if the Speaker does not willingly resign the position.
Vivek Ramaswamy has endorsed Army veteran Kevin Virgil, who is primarying Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) in Iowa’s Fourth Congressional District.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said over the weekend that Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson “completely changed” his principles.
National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) chairman Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) finally publicly backed House Speaker Mike Johnson — or at least sort of.
Former President Donald Trump was critical of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) while speaking at a joint press conference Friday at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, with House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Former President Donald Trump spoke highly of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) during a joint press conference at Mar-a-Lago early Friday evening but did not explicitly oppose the motion to vacate against Johnson introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
The House passed a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) extension Friday after intense lobbying from the Biden administration overcame opposition that tanked the bill earlier this week.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) killed the Constitution Friday by casting the tie-breaking vote against requiring warrants for searches of Americans’ communications.
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office told Breitbart News exclusively that he intends to remain as Speaker of the House after he cast the deciding vote against ending the deep state’s warrantless surveillance of American citizens on Friday.
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that FISA reauthorization must get done because “it is a much more dangerous world today than it was five years ago. Terrorism
President Joe Biden backed a bill House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) hopes to pass on Friday that would reauthorize a controversial surveillance bill.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) powwowed on Wednesday as Greene continues her threat to oust Johnson for “pass[ing] the Biden administration’s agenda.”
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) Republican colleagues dealt him another blow Wednesday by killing a motion to allow a vote on his proposed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reauthorization.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene escalated her war against Speaker Mike Johnson Tuesday with a missive that will greet lawmakers returning to the Capitol for a tense two-week legislative burst.
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.
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.
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) will quit Congress on April 19, intentionally staying beyond the deadline to replace him with a special election and enabling him to vote for Ukraine aid and the extension of a controversial government program accused of spying on Americans.
Speaker Mike Johnson should note that conservatives and liberals agree in demanding that he not use the current spending package to reauthorize the FBI’s unconstitutional warrantless spying on American citizens.
More than 30 bipartisan organizations urged Congress not to include a reauthorization of a surveillance law in a must-pass spending bill.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) introduced a measure necessitating that searches of Americans under Section 702 of FISA require a warrant.
The House is preparing for a rare secret session to debate the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) beyond the prying eyes of the press and public.
Rep. Dan Bishop said American intelligence agencies “skirt the law” to avoid obtaining a court order to view Americans’ private information.
A Chinese Communist Party newspaper complained about America’s alleged “tradition of monitoring other countries with absolute superiority.”
The House passed a defense bill that contains a deep state surveillance authorization, robbing lawmakers of the opportunity to reform FISA.
Republicans lose key policy battles because they “govern by fear,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) discuss the extension of the current Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) provisions in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill.
Extending FISA until the early months of 2024 without reform will effectively extend surveillance activities into 2025, Rep. Andy Harris (R-FL) told Breitbart News.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) decided late Monday night to withdraw two FISA bills from consideration as House Republicans try to reauthorize and potentially reform a controversial deep state surveillance law.
