Senate advances vote on reauthorizing warrantless surveillance program
by Gaby Del Valle from The Verge - All Posts on (#6M6AH)
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The Senate is moving forward on a vote to reauthorize a controversial program that allows warrantless surveillance of foreign targets." Before voting on the reauthorization bill, senators had to vote on a cloture motion to begin voting. The cloture motion passed 67-32, just one day ahead of the program's expiration.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is set to expire at midnight on April 19th, a deadline some senators emphasized as they urged their colleagues to vote in favor of reauthorization. It's hard to overstate either the importance - the gravity - of allowing it to sunset, yet we are 36 hours away from that happening," Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said on the Senate floor. I understand that some of my...