Congress Punts Yet Again on Spy-Powers Reauthorization Fight
Congress punted the fight to reauthorize a key spy powers fight for more six weeks as privacy advocates see another opportunity to reform the controversial surveillance law.

Congress punted the fight to reauthorize a key spy powers fight for more six weeks as privacy advocates see another opportunity to reform the controversial surveillance law.

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.

A group of deep state actors including James Clapper, John Brennan, and others urged Congress to reauthorize Section 702 of FISA without reforms.

House Intel Committee Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT) last Friday said that he was “not aware” of the National Security Agency (NSA) purchasing Americans’ private communications despite years of reporting about the intelligence community purchasing Americans’ private information.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are sounding the alarm of the prospect of the federal government purchasing Americans’ private data through third-party data brokers.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) stated that the Trump administration hasn’t done a satisfactory job explaining the rationale for Operation Epic Fury, and there have been “multiple definitions” for why the operation was commenced.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) cited U.S. air operations in Serbia and Kosovo in the 1990s to argue that changing the regime in Iran would be difficult to pull off just through air operations

The Senate will vote this week on a resolution that would terminate President Donald Trump’s ability to carry out strikes against Iran after four Americans have died as a result of Operation Epic Fury.

On CNN on Saturday, Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) said that President Donald Trump “really hasn’t communicated well with the American people” on the Iran operation, and Congress needs to vote on what Trump himself characterized as a war. Davidson said,

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) explained in an interview with Breitbart News on Thursday how his NARCO Act would codify Trump administration reforms to dismantle international cartels.

Pete Hegseth is “the kind of guy we need leading the Department of Defense,” Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, contrasting him with President Biden’s Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, “who thinks the biggest threat to national security is climate change.”

There are “bed-wetters” who are resistant to spending cuts in Congress, Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, outlining some of the challenges for the incoming Congress.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed up by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, will be able to “get rid of the bureaucrats” and work to clear out more waste, Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, laying out just what, exactly, that process could look like.

Trump’s cabinet choices–some of which have caused quite a stir–do not represent “retribution,” but “justice,” Rep. Warren Davidson said.

Congressman Warren Davidson (R-OH) discusses the migrant crisis in places like Springfield, Ohio, and the unique challenges confronting his home state in Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s America.

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) on Thursday told Breitbart News that President Joe Biden’s hosting of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky is just another scheme to bilk American taxpayers for “an endless war with no clear strategy.”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on Monday he is not sure what a Ukrainian “win” against Russia looks like after spending more than $175 billion in aid to Ukraine.

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) on Tuesday introduced a resolution stating that the United States should not enter into an agreement to provide security guarantees for Ukraine nor should it move to add Ukraine to NATO, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

The House Freedom Caucus kicked out conservative Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) Monday night after Davidson endorsed the caucus chairman’s primary challenger.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is officially the Uniparty Speaker of the House. But eleven Republicans voted against a procedural fig leaf from Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) that allowed Democrats to claim they saved the House from dysfunction while ostensibly opposing his agenda.

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.

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) told Breitbart News that Congress must pass legislation to end the “unconstitutional sale of Americans’ data.”

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday explained his apparent flip-flop on a controversial surveillance law, saying that he now favors limited reforms after receiving a classified briefing.

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.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) introduced a measure necessitating that searches of Americans under Section 702 of FISA require a warrant.

Americans’ Second Amendment rights are at risk over a deep state surveillance reform bill as House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) has sought to “narrow” the scope of surveillance reform.

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

President Joe Biden’s State Department told Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) that Ukraine’s victory is “necessary” and that Russian leader Vladimir Putin “cannot simply wait us out,” in a letter obtained exclusively by Breitbart News.

House conservatives blocked a procedural rule vote in a protest vote against Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) spending deal he struck with Democrats.

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.

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

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.

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) introduced legislation to define America’s strategy with Ukraine and avoid “endless war.”

House conservatives objected to President Joe Biden’s latest Ukraine aid proposal, contending that it would only continue America’s proxy war against Russia.

Republican Reps. Chip Roy and Warren Davidson are introducing a bill calling on NATO allies to pay their fair share for the security alliance long underwritten by America.

The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced legislation that would bar the federal government from circumventing the Fourth Amendment by purchasing Americans’ private data without a warrant.

The House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes Rep. Warren Davidson’s (R-OH) amendment that would bar the Pentagon from purchasing Americans’ private data, which is considered a run around Fourth Amendment protections against warrantless searches.
