rule to govern debate on the bill.... The key vote is expected to take place Wednesday afternoon

Surveillance Act, which is set to expire on April 19. MORE: What is FISA?... Now, President Trump

close Video Matthew Whitaker on whether reforms in House FISA bill go far enough Former acting

overhaul the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA--even though that bill already passed the

A Republican rift is jeopardizing extension of a cornerstone of the US intelligence gathering by which the government hoovers up massive amounts of internet and cellphone data. The trove of data now in jeopardy has vital importance to the US.... While it does not approve individual warrants for the Intelligence Community or FBI to search through the data, a special Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court does approve procedures for how the data is to be accessed.... Johnson dropped a proposal

close Video House Democrat Pramila Jayapal grills FBI Director Christopher Wray on collection of

House's FISA debate by calling on Republicans to oppose the bill.... Soon thereafter, House

Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican, who vowed to block" technical corrections" to the bill that

close Video This is why we have to fundamentally change the FISA process: Rep.... However, it has

into the annual defense policy bill a five-month renewal of FISA.... The Senate is currently