After 2 failed votes, Mike Johnson unveils new plan to extend key U.S. spy powers ^43.3%

NPR - By Eric McDaniel - 4/24/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 28% - Biased Writer Voice 14.9% - Appeal to Emotion 14.7%

Speaker Mike Johnson, R.-La., is forging ahead with his latest proposal to renew a key American spy power. His bill, revealed Thursday, is largely unchanged from a previous plan which failed in a series of overnight votes earlier this month. The program at center of the debate, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act... more