Senators approved a 45-day extension of a key surveillance program by voice vote Thursday, just hours before it is set to lapse. The extension will give Congress until mid-June to work out a deal on a long-term reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which targets foreigners abroad but can sweep in
Susan Collins was the first Republican senator to change a vote on the Iran war.
“Being hated by idiots is the price you pay for not being one of them,” Sen. Thom Tillis wrote on X Thursday.
The staffer received $6,000 in contributions to his legal expense fund stemming from the incident.
The House acted after weeks of delay to fund most Homeland Security agencies, which have gone unfunded for 76 days.
Speaker Mike Johnson has delayed a vote on the bill for more than a month.
The Supreme Court invalidated the map in the speaker’s home state Wednesday.