(The Center Square) – A U.S. House vote to extend the federal government’s authority to conduct mass electronic surveillance failed Thursday.
The three-week extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act failed to garner even a majority vote, as 19 Republicans worried about privacy rights joined nearly all Democrats in blocking its advance.
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