Lawmakers push back against 'blank check for warrantless surveillance'

(The Center Square) – Ahead of a scheduled House floor vote Wednesday, dozens of U.S. lawmakers are demanding that any extension of the federal government’s electronic surveillance powers include privacy protections for Americans.

Echoing some of the concerns of Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus, a group of 53 Democratic lawmakers wrote to congressional leaders Tuesday, arguing that Congress “cannot hand this administration, or any administration, a blank check for warrantless surveillance.”