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The House failed on Thursday to pass a short-term extension of a major spy powers program, leaving Congress with no clear plan to keep the authority from going dark on Friday.<\/p>\n

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The bill to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, failed 198-218, short of the two-thirds majority needed under suspension of the rules. The vote was a direct setback for President Donald Trump, who asked Congress to pass a temporary extension on Wednesday, after his appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence helped derail a longer reauthorization.<\/p>\n

House Speaker Mike Johnson put the measure on the floor after returning to the White House on Wednesday to discuss the bill. It would have extended FISA Section 702 through July 2, giving Trump more time to name a permanent intelligence chief.<\/p>\n

But Democrats said Trump\u2019s request did not solve the problem.<\/p>\n

Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is still set to take over as acting DNI on June 19.<\/p>\n

Many Senate Democrats left Wednesday\u2019s closed-door lunch saying there was no deal on a short-term extension unless Pulte was removed from the acting role.<\/p>\n

Top Democrats on the Senate and House Intelligence committees said that their support for a short-term extension depended on Aaron Lukas, the deputy director of national intelligence, serving as acting DNI during the extension instead of Pulte.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is a simple way out of this conundrum,\u201d said Rep. Jim Himes (D-Connecticut). \u201cThe president can follow the law and allow the principal deputy DNI, a Senate-confirmed appointee of the president, to assume the role of acting DNI until a suitable nominee can be confirmed by the Senate. That is all that needs to happen, and none of us needs to swallow what has just happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he is the acting director during this short term, that\u2019s within the law, and I could be supportive,\u201d Sen. John Warner (D-Virginia) said.<\/p>\n

The fight over Pulte collided with long-running opposition to Section 702 from privacy hawks in both parties, who have pushed for warrant requirements and other limits before renewing the program. Congress had already passed one short-term extension this spring, and the Senate failed last week to move forward on a longer reauthorization.<\/p>\n

The program allows U.S. agencies to collect foreign intelligence from targets overseas, but critics say it gives the government access to Americans\u2019 communications without a warrant.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear whether leaders would try another vote before Friday\u2019s deadline.<\/p>\n

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