BREAKING: Amash amendment to FISA fails in the House

The nays have had their say in the House of Representatives and have killed the USA Rights Act amendment by Justin Amash to add constitutional protections to FISA’s Section 702:



I must add that it was a bipartisan failure.

Speaker Paul Ryan addressed this before the vote, suggesting that what they are voting on is not about American citizens, but about foreign terrorists on foreign soil. Meaning, 702 doesn’t endanger the privacy of American citizens:


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