Senior Trump administration officials briefed House lawmakers on a key expiring surveillance authority on Wednesday, as leading Republicans coalesce behind the White House’s push for a clean extension of the program.
The chairs of the Intelligence and Judiciary committees have dropped their bid for potential changes to FISA’s Section 702 ahead of an April 20 deadline. But the path for getting the legislation to the House floor remains exceedingly thorny.
“Look, it’s a short-term extension at a time when we’re in what I think is going to be a short-term conflict,” House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) — a long-time FISA skeptic — told us in an interview.
