Senate Moves Forward with Reauthorization Vote on Warrantless Surveillance Program

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AP News—Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after midnight deadline. The Senate voted after a midnight deadline to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse.

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The Guardian—Senate to hold vote after reaching deal to renew Fisa surveillance program. Majority leader Chuck Schumer says bill, which House approved last week, is ‘important part of our national security toolkit’The US Senate has reached an agreement to approve the reauthorization of a controversial surveillance program and plans to vote on it on Friday night, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said.If the Senate votes to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which the House approved last week, it would secure what supporters call a key element of the United...