TRUMP HUMILIATED: 20 Republicans defy Trump’s push to renew surveillance act
MSNBC·2026-04-19 12:14
There are some signs tonight that President Trump might not have quite CONTROL OVER CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS THAT HE USED TO, AND MORE AND MORE OF THOSE REPUBLICANS SEEM WILLING TO BUCK HIM THAN EVER. AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO SURVEILLANCE. THOSE DOUBTS RE-EMERGED THIS WEEK WHEN THE PRESIDENT It failed to whip House Republicans to pass an 18-month renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.In the end, 20 Republican lawmakers voted against it, and Congress ended up extending the law for j ...