Senate rejects House's FISA bill, pitches 45-day extension ahead of looming deadline

The Senate scrapped the House’s reauthorization of the nation’s controversial spying powers and is instead moving on a temporary extension to the program.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told Fox News Digital that the upper chamber would extend the divisive Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for 45 days as lawmakers continue to work on reforms to the program."We'll kick it over there and process it quickly, and we'll kick the can down the road again," Thune said.The maneuver comes after the House on Wednesday passed a three-year extension to the program w...

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