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Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expires on April 20. Congress could vote on it as soon as this week. This is the mass surveillance authority that allows the government to collect huge amounts of communications – and then search that data for Americans’ emails, calls, and text messages without a warrant. The last time FISA 702 came up for renewal, adding a warrant requirement failed by just one vote. Congress now has another chance. And given everything we’ve learned about rampant abuse and noncompliance by intelligence agencies over the years – including new revelations just last week – there are no excuses. Instead, House leadership is preparing a “clean” extension to keep the current program in place for 18 more months. That’s 18 more months of allowing the government to conduct unconstitutional searches of our private communications. There is real opposition to this on both sides of the aisle, but the White House is pushing hard for a clean extension, and leadership is trying to force it through anyway. But it’s not too late to stop it. At Expand Liberty PAC, we work to ensure elected officials respect the Constitution – and to hold them accountable when they don’t. If you want to help, call your representative and tell them: Vote NO on a clean reauthorization of FISA 702. Vote NO on any bill that would reauthorize FISA 702 without meaningful reforms. Support a warrant requirement for searches of Americans’ communications. You can reach the U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to your representative. You can look up the name of your representative here: house.gov/representative…. I worked with lots of these people and I can tell you: Sometimes all it takes is a few phone calls to scare an unprincipled member straight. They’re already scared of leadership and the White House. We win by making sure they’re more scared of us – their constituents. It takes only a few minutes – and it matters, especially right now. – @justinamash

House leadership just tried to rush through a major expansion of unconstitutional government surveillance. FISA Section 702 is the authority that lets the government collect massive amounts of communications – and then search that data for Americans’ emails, calls, and text messages without a warrant. It was set to expire on April 20, and for weeks, leadership had been pushing for a “clean” extension of this program – keeping it in place for 18 more months with no reforms. At the same time, they were negotiating with members of Congress who were demanding a warrant requirement and other protections for Americans. Then late Thursday night, leadership suddenly changed course. Just before 11 p.m., House leadership dropped new legislation to reauthorize FISA 702 for five years. They claimed it included a warrant requirement, but that wasn’t true: Their phony “warrant requirement” would have done nothing to stop unconstitutional warrantless searches of Americans’ communications. Then, without giving members time to read or understand the new language, leadership tried to rush it through in the middle of the night – teeing up a vote around 1 a.m. to swap it in and push it toward passage before the public could catch on. Thankfully, the vote failed. They then tried to fall back to their “clean” 18-month extension. That failed, too. But both votes were close – close enough that a small shift could have changed the outcome. In votes like that, outside pressure matters. Over the past few days, so many of you spoke up – calling your representatives and making clear that warrantless surveillance of Americans is unlawful and unacceptable. Thank you. That kind of pressure makes all the difference. But the fight isn’t over. After those votes failed, Congress passed a short-term extension to buy more time to negotiate, pushing the program through April 30. That gives leadership another chance to try again – and a short window to keep up the momentum. What happened in the wee hours was a shameful attempt to mislead the public with fake reform and trade it for five more years of surveillance powers, rushed through at a time when most people weren’t paying attention. It didn’t succeed – but it came close, and it’s a reminder that this kind of attention matters. They’re going to try again, and keeping engaged is how we give ourselves – and allies in Congress – the best chance to force real reforms. Thanks to all of you at home. We’ll keep you informed as this fight continues.

Here’s the roll call for H Res 1175, the rule for considering H R 8035, FISA 702 reauthorization. If this resolution had passed, it’s likely that unconstitutional, warrantless surveillance of Americans would have been extended for at least 18 months. Please especially thank the 20 Republicans who opposed their own party to uphold the Constitution and defend our rights.

If you’re up, please tweet at your representative to tell them to oppose the FISA 702 extension being voted on TONIGHT. This horrible bill must not pass.

It's a ruse. FISA reform being offered tonight does not change current law. The key for Americans' privacy is not about collection stage. It is about stage of querying the database. There's NO warrant requirement in this on the backend. Here's the piddly reform on querying:

The so-called “warrant requirement” in the latest FISA 702 bill is a sham—written in dense legalese to make it seem substantive. It mainly codifies existing practices and doesn’t end unconstitutional warrantless backdoor searches of Americans’ communications. Don’t fall for it.

House conservatives are reportedly being wooed to support FISA 702 with the promise of an amendment based on language from Rep. Clay Higgins. But Higgins’s proposed “warrant amendment” for FISA 702 is a sham and not a meaningful warrant requirement. Section 702 lets the government vacuum up vast amounts of innocent Americans’ emails, calls, and texts into a massive database when collecting foreigners’ communications overseas. Agencies like the FBI then routinely search that database for Americans’ communications without any judicial warrant and often without probable cause. This exposes every American to fishing expeditions and unconstitutional overreach long before there’s any evidence of wrongdoing. The Higgins amendment changes almost nothing. It would require a warrant only after agents already have probable cause that the American is an agent of a foreign power or has committed a crime. By that point, they’re usually already pursuing a regular criminal warrant or full FISA order anyway. It’s pure political theater that leaves the real loophole wide open. The Fourth Amendment demands real protection against unreasonable searches up front—not after the government has built its case. We don’t need half-measures that pretend to safeguard liberty while preserving the surveillance state’s power. Congress must reject this cosmetic tweak and demand genuine reform: a meaningful warrant requirement for all U.S. person queries in the 702 database.

So everyone is clear: Trump falsely claims FISA 702 is simply foreign collection. He leaves out that the government “incidentally” collects huge volumes of Americans’ communications under this program and then searches them without a warrant. That’s why Section 702 is the most dangerous part of FISA for ordinary Americans. Title I at least requires individualized court orders—even if those were abused against him. A “clean” extension skips any meaningful safeguards for our rights. Tell your representative to vote NO on reauthorizing FISA 702 without a warrant requirement.

I will be voting NO on final passage of the FISA 702 Reauthorization Bill if it does not include a warrant provision and other reforms to protect US citizens’ right to privacy. Yesterday I offered these 3 amendments to fix the program, but they were not allowed last night.

The man who spent years whining that the government illegally spied on his campaign is now demanding Congress let him spy on every American—without a warrant. FISA 702 is the real threat to Americans’ privacy: warrantless surveillance of U.S. persons under the guise of targeting foreigners. Far bigger than the Title I abuse Trump complains about. Stop electing hypocrites who trash the Constitution. Tell Congress: Vote NO on FISA 702.

Trump DOJ Continues To Withhold FISA Section 702 Noncompliance Records cato.org/blog/trump-jus… via @CatoInstitute

Countdown to reauthorization of the surveillance law FISA Section 702. Here's what's at stake. bit.ly/4tASUmW

Memo to members of Congress: READ THE BILLS. If congressional leaders don’t give you adequate time to review and understand a bill, then VOTE NO!

The same Democrats in Congress who call Trump unfit for office—and a tyrant—are conspiring right now with GOP leaders to empower that very tyrant to surveil millions of Americans without a warrant. Every Democrat and Republican who votes yes on FISA 702 needs to be voted out!

Polling shows that many Americans want Section 702 reforms, restrictions, or an end to the program altogether. Americans understand that surveillance powers, once expanded, are rarely rolled back. Congress should understand it too. washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/…

Is it true that @RepGregoryMeeks and Congressional Black Caucus leaders are whipping votes to help Mike Johnson pass a clean FISA 702 reauthorization? Anyone who empowers Donald Trump—or any president—to spy on Americans without a warrant is betraying the Constitution and the people they serve. The Fourth Amendment isn’t optional. Demand a warrant requirement.

Follow the Constitution. Read the bills. Stop governing by emergency. End the forever war. Cut taxes & spending. Stop borrowing trillions. No CBDC. Protect free speech. Repeal the Patriot Act & FISA 702. No qualified immunity for government officials. End civil asset forfeiture.

A “clean” FISA 702 extension—letting the government spy on Americans without a warrant—would betray We the People yet again. Tell Congress: No FISA 702 renewal without a warrant requirement, as the Constitution demands!

I vote with GOP 91% of the time, but that’s about to go to 90%. I won’t vote to let feds spy on you without a warrant. FISA 702 allows the government to search for your information in vast databases compiled while targeting foreigners. The White House sent me this email today:

End civil asset forfeiture.