Thanks to opposition from inside his own party, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was forced to delay a vote on President Donald Trump’s request to extend a major domestic spying law — but Democrats could ride to the rescue.

Johnson decided to delay a vote on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that had been scheduled for this week, Politico reported Friday. The move gives critics of the law more time to push for reforms, including a requirement that federal agents get a warrant before searching for information on Americans.

If the bill ultimately advances to the House floor, however, some top Democrats — including the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut — are already lobbying colleagues to vote for Trump’s request. Others, including members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, are pushing back.

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Captive opposition, indeed

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  • [–] 23 points 7 months ago

    Illusion of opposition

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  • [–] 52 points 7 months ago

    Generally speaking, I'm a Dems are better than Republicans no matter what voter, but it's important that we give progressives primary wins. D & R are in total agreement when it comes to domestic spying and control, and in fact republicans at least pay lip service to civil liberties (much as Dems pay lip service to opposing big corporations but their actions show otherwise). Prior to Trump, it's an issue I could find common cause with republican voters on — not the politicians selling the lies, but the voters eating them up.

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  • [–] 61 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    It’s just another example showing how little real difference there is between republican and democrat representatives. It’s a class war and too few are paying attention. The haves are making the world better for themselves at the cost of the have-nots.

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago

    I don't agree with this at all

    The haves are making the world better for themselves at the cost of the have-nots.

    I think the haves have become progressively more stupid as their wealth grew and have started ripping the copper out of the walls of their own factories

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago

    The Democratic Party leadership wants the military police state as much as the Republicans. They have the same donors.

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    [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    They talk about this warrant requirement like it's not mandated in the Bill of Rights, the highest law of the land, with any law contrary to the constitution being illegal and unenforceable.

    To hear these democrats pretend to be reasonable and not be aware of the administration abusing their authority is just rich. We all know what the republicans are planning on doing. The only silver lining to this is these same democrats are going to end up in prison for false vote rigging allegations if they keep on as they are.

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