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Congress passed a temporary extension of a powerful government surveillance program this past week, and now long-discussed plans among lawmakers to make fixes to it before the end of the year could be stalled for months or longer.

Sen. Rand Paul failed to strip the reauthorization of the government's chief surveillance power from the annual Pentagon policy spending bill Wednesday night as a bipartisan group of lawmakers fell six votes short.

House Speaker Mike Johnson joined "Special Report" for an interview after he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and shared some of their discussion.

Extending FISA until the early months of 2024 without reform will effectively extend surveillance activities into 2025, Rep. Andy Harris (R-FL) told Breitbart News.

A bipartisan group of senators is trying to strip reauthorization of the government's chief surveillance power from the annual Pentagon policy spending bill, threatening plans to finish the must-pass bill before Congress adjourns for the year on Thursday.

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Members of Congress are scrambling to complete a packed to-do list to cap off a hectic year on Capitol Hill. Republicans and Democrats in Congress are continuing negotiations on a massive foreign aid and security bill, reauthorizing the annual defense authorization bill and reauthorizing a national security surveillance measure. Republicans in the House are also expected to vote this week to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, a divi...

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Members of Congress are scrambling to complete a packed to-do list to cap off a hectic year on Capitol Hill. Republicans and Democrats in Congress are continuing negotiations on a massive foreign aid and security bill, reauthorizing the annual defense authorization bill and reauthorizing a national security surveillance measure. Republicans in the House are also expected to vote this week to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, a divi...

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Members of Congress are scrambling to complete a packed to-do list to cap off a hectic year on Capitol Hill. Republicans and Democrats in Congress are continuing negotiations on a massive foreign aid and security bill, reauthorizing the annual defense authorization bill and reauthorizing a national security surveillance measure. Republicans in the House are also expected to vote this week to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, a divi...

Congress is staring down a hefty to-do list as it heads into the final legislative week of 2023, sparking a last-ditch effort in both chambers to complete must-pass legislation and check various priorities off of party agendas. Toward the top of that list for the Senate is striking a deal on border security and sending…

“The Biden administration is openly threatening Americans over Ukraine,” RT cited a posting by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson on X.