Rep. Anna Paulina Luna requested a rare procedure to push for another vote on allowing the FBI to spy on Americans.
Rep. Luna’s actions came after FISA was passed in the House by one vote.
It appears Congress will get another chance to vote on the FISA amendment that would bar the government from conducting surveillance on American citizens without first obtaining a warrant. On Friday, the House voted on legislation to extend the use of FISA, along with a series of amendments aimed at reforming Section 702, the provision that allows federal agencies to surveil Americans without a warrant.
Rep. Andy Biggs’ (R-AZ) proposed amendment would have required the authorities to obtain a warrant before spying on Americans. However, this change was narrowly voted down after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) cast the tiebreaking vote against the amendment.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna requested a rare procedural maneuver to force another vote on FISA on Monday.
You cannot have a free and open society with the warrantless spying of Americans. Today, the bipartisan vote to force intelligence communities to get a warrant was lost by one vote. In an effort to stop this, I requested a rare procedural maneuver that will force a second vote on… pic.twitter.com/f4apWu62I6
— Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) April 12, 2024
Here is a list of the GOP Reps who voted to keep the law in place that allows the totally corrupt FBI to spy on Americans.
These are the GOP reps who need to hear from their constituents over the weekend. pic.twitter.com/yjE3En3le1
— Kim “filterless” Wexler MA JD (@KimWexlerMAJD) April 12, 2024
The FBI abused the FISA Act more than 278,000 times in 2021. This is one of the most egregious crimes in US history.
My team and I were searching for this story all morning and finally found it. It’s been memory-holed unless you know the exact number of times the FBI abused FISA in 2021: 278,000 times.
**THAT’S THE EQUIVALENT OF 8 TIMES PER FBI EMPLOYEE**
Here is the video. pic.twitter.com/06kS50EI3k
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 12, 2024
HaHa cue the strongly worded tweets and emails from the EUNUCHS in the GOP!!!
I’m a big fan of your work, Joe. Thank you for all you’re doing on many fronts to improved life in America.
On the FISA bill, I have a different take. IMO all house republicans bear some responsibility for the FISA travesty, even Luna.
In the floor vote Friday morning, not one republican voted against the 2nd rule, which was unacceptable. If 19 patriots could stop FISA from going forward the 1st time, they could have done it a 2nd time but they didn’t. Luna is my rep and was one of the 19. I called her to thank her for voting against the first rule and asked her to please hold the line and vote no on any future rules to stop FISA from getting to the floor for a vote. She and 207 other republicans disagreed.
They ALL sent FISA to the floor for debate and amendments (which were never going to pass) and we ended up with a 2-yr FISA version that is worse, except that congress members have warrant protection.
So, they all should take responsibility. FISA should have died in committee.