Mike Johnson delays FISA renewal vote after conservative revolt

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Source: msn/Axios

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GOP leaders postponed the initial vote on reauthorizing FISA on Wednesday as a bloc of conservatives threatened to tank the bill.

Why it matters: The White House and GOP leadership have been pushing for a clean 18-month extension of the surveillance authority, but members are still demanding changes.

FISA will lapse on April 20 without congressional action, leaving little room for error.

Conservatives are vowing to vote no on the procedural rule vote, where House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) can only afford to lose two members.

It's not immediately clear whether GOP leadership will still hold a vote on the rule later Wednesday.

Driving the news: Conservative lawmakers are demanding an amendment vote on warrant requirements.

Johnson has previously said that addition would make the program "unworkable."

But GOP leadership and the Trump administration are showing new openness to compromise as talks intensify.

If leadership agrees to allow a vote on warrant requirements, holdouts would accept an even longer extension of the program through the rest of Trump's term, one House Republican involved in talks told Axios.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-johnson-delays-fisa-renewal-vote-after-conservative-revolt/ar-AA20Y4lw

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