An effort to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act stalled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump promised to veto it and Republicans withdrew their support.
The House of Representatives' Democratic leaders said late on Wednesday a vote on renewing three government surveillance rules that expired in March would not take place as expected. There was no word on when a vote might be rescheduled.Trump threatened a veto on Twitter earlier on Wednesday, posting:"If the FISA Bill is passed tonight on the House floor, I will quickly VETO it."
Attorney General William Barr wrote an earlier version of the bill that passed the Democratic-controlled House - but not the Senate - with bipartisan support just before lawmakers left Washington as the coronavirus pandemic spread.
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