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Jeffries: Democrats won’t help Johnson break FISA impasse

Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader (D-NY), said on Thursday that Democrats would not support the GOP in a vote to advance legislation extending government surveillance powers. On Wednesday, 19 conservative Republicans teamed up with all House Democrats to defeat a rule that would have allowed a bipartisan proposal for renewing a controversial section in the Foreign Intelligence Act.

 House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N. ). Y. ) Democrats on Thursday stated that they would not support a legal vote by GOP leaders to pass legislation that would increase the government’s surveillance powers. On Wednesday, 19 traditional Republicans joined with all House Democrats to veto a rule governing a bipartisan proposal to renew a contentious section of the Foreign Intelligence. Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of the House Minority, D-N. Y. ) Democrats on Thursday stated that they would not support a legal vote by GOP leaders to pass legislation that would increase the government’s surveillance powers. On Wednesday, 19 traditional Republicans joined with all House Democrats to veto a rule governing a bipartisan proposal to renew a contentious section of the Foreign Intelligence. 

Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader (D-NY), said on Thursday that Democrats would not support the GOP in a vote to advance legislation extending government surveillance powers. On Wednesday, 19 conservative Republicans teamed up with all House Democrats to defeat a rule that would have allowed a bipartisan proposal for renewing a controversial section in the Foreign Intelligence Act.

  

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