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Seven Republicans vote against FISA extension after bipartisan plan blows up
“And the FISA 702 reauthorization vote just failed—because it didn’t contain a warrant to protect Americans from U.S. citizen queries, Lee said in a post on X, gloating in an attached video message that the “intel bros” lost and “we won.”
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: any extension of FISA needs significant reforms to protect Americans. I’ve been surveilled by the government multiple times, along with so many other Americans,” Scott said in his own post. “We can’t give the swamp unchecked power to spy on law-abiding Americans.”
“I voted against an extension because I want real REFORM and ACCOUNTABILITY, not the status quo,” he added.
Speaking with reporters after the FISA vote, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) tried to portray himself as unperturbed.
“We’ll take another run at it. We’re gonna need some help from Democrats, obviously,” he said, calling the Democratic vote against the bill “irresponsible.”
THUNE WARNS DEMOCRATS AGAINST TANKING FISA DEAL OVER PULTE: ‘REALLY RISKY’
Thune, amid rumors of a falling out with Trump, said “the timing arguably wasn’t the best” to announce Pulte as the DNI pick. The role this played in the vote is “something the administration will have to consider, Democrats will have to think about. But next week it gets real.”
Democrats pulled out of the vote after voicing fears that Pulte would weaponize the intelligence community to go after Trump’s political opponents. Congress has until June 12 to come up with another deal to extend FISA before it expires.