The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a 45-day extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), opting for a “clean” bill that does not include new warrant requirements for American citizens.
The passage followed a tense floor session where some members broke ranks with party leadership to demand stricter privacy protections.
The legislation was originally positioned to pass via a voice vote, a move that would have avoided a recorded tally of individual positions. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) intervened, forcing a formal debate and requiring members to go on the record with their votes.
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During the proceedings, Representatives Chip Roy, Warren Davidson, and Keith Self stood alongside Massie to argue that warrant requirements are essential to protect civil liberties. The group also advocated for a ban on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), characterizing both issues as matters of government overreach and surveillance.
The debate featured a notable shift from Representative Jim Jordan, who has historically been a vocal proponent of FISA warrant mandates. Jordan led the floor debate in favor of the extension without the warrants, a move aligned with the current position held by President Trump.
Former Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene took to X to criticize the outcome and the shift in rhetoric.
“Jim Jordan, who has fought FOR warrants for FISA for years, ironically led the debate AGAINST warrants and urged a YES vote for a clean extension WITHOUT warrants,” Greene stated, noting that the move follows Trump’s demands to pass the measure.
Greene also pointed to Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), noting that while he argued for the necessity of bipartisanship and reform, he ultimately voted for the extension that lacked those changes. “Why demand change and then literally vote for what you just argued against?” Greene asked, pointing out that FISA has been used to monitor hundreds of thousands of Americans.
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In total, 111 members of Congress voted against the extension. Among them were 26 Republicans: Begich, Biggs (SC), Boebert, Brecheen, Burchett, Cammack, Cloud, Collins, Crane, Davidson, Downing, Fry, Fulcher, Gosar, Hageman, Harshbarger, Higgins (LA), Kennedy (UT), Luttrell, Massie, Miller (IL), Ogles, Perry, Roy, Self, and Tiffany.
Despite the “no” votes from this coalition, the clean extension successfully passed the House. The bill now moves to the Senate, where incoming leader John Thune has indicated that a ban on digital currency is unlikely to gain traction.
Greene framed the vote as a betrayal of long-standing campaign pledges.
“The promises they made to you are broken,” she wrote, adding that voters should look strictly at legislative records rather than public statements. “The only thing that matters is voting records, none of their words.”
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