California Reps help House Pass Extension of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Buried in the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the policy agenda and authorizes funding for the Department of Defense annually, the House also passed an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Instead of reforming FISA, the House authorized it for another full year, despite the opposition of many Republicans.

The Globe has learned the Republican base is furious about passage of the FISA extension.

As the Globe reported Wednesday, “along with another year of FBI abuses, some are calling out Republicans for dawdling over reforms, and instead saying it should be allowed to lapse for a short period of time.”

Kash Patel and Richard Grenell, former Senior Trump Administration National Security Officials, issued an ultimatum Wednesday:

“We know better than most people just how the intelligence community has been allowed to abuse the system to punish their political enemies. We have called for the reform of FISA 702 to help install better guardrails on those who seek to abuse their authority. As Congress deliberates the extension of this foreign intelligence tool, we must ask why Chris Wray and his FBI have been allowed to abuse that very surveillance privilege and broken the law over 274,000 times to illegally surveil Americans. Remember, the F in FISA is ‘Foreign.’  Absent a dramatic reform of FISA 702, we call upon Congress to let it lapse – better to have no authority for 7 days or so than another 365 days of spying on Trump and his supporters.”

CNN reported “the bill will also include a short-term extension of a controversial law that permits warrantless surveillance of foreign nationals. Supporters argue it is a critical tool for safeguarding national security, but it has come under criticism from some lawmakers over alleged misuse.”

There were 147 Republicans who voted to allow the Biden administration’s FBI-DOJ to spy on prominent conservatives, a Globe reader shared.

Of those 147, California House Republicans who voted to pass the FISA 702 one more year: Reps. Ken Calvert, Jay Obernolte, John Duarte, Michelle Steel, Darrell Issa, Young Kim, Kevin Kiley, Kevin McCarthy, David Valadeo.

Here is the entire list:

1. Aderholt – Alabama
2. Alford – Missouri
3. Allen – Georgia
4. Amodei – Nevada
5. Armstrong – North Dakota
6. Arrington – Texas
7. Bacon – Nebraska
8. Balderson – Ohio
9. Banks – Indiana
10. Barr – Kentucky
11. Bentz – Oregon
12. Bergman – Michigan
13. Bice – Oklahoma
14. Boebert – Colorado
15. Buchanan – Florida
16. Bucshon – Indiana
17. Burgess – Texas
18. Calvert – California
19. Carey – Ohio
20. Carl – Alabama
21. Carter (GA) – Georgia
22. Chavez-DeRemer – Oregon
23. Ciscomani – Arizona
24. Cole – Oklahoma
25. Comer – Kentucky
26. Crawford – Arkansas
27. Crenshaw – Texas
28. D’Esposito – New York
29. De La Cruz – Texas
30. DesJarlais – Tennessee
31. Diaz-Balart – Florida
32. Duarte – California
33. Dunn (FL) – Florida
34. Edwards – North Carolina
35. Ellzey – Texas
36. Emmer – Minnesota
37. Ezell – Mississippi
38. Fallon – Texas
39. Feenstra – Iowa
40. Ferguson – Georgia
41. Fitzgerald – Wisconsin
42. Fitzpatrick – Pennsylvania
43. Fleischmann – Tennessee
44. Flood – Nebraska
45. Foxx – North Carolina
46. Franklin, Scott – Florida
47. Gallagher – Wisconsin
48. Garbarino – New York
49. Gimenez – Florida
50. Gonzales, Tony – Texas
51. Gooden (TX) – Texas
52. Granger – Texas
53. Graves (MO) – Missouri
54. Grothman – Wisconsin
55. Guest – Mississippi
56. Guthrie – Kentucky
57. Hill – Arkansas
58. Hinson – Iowa
59. Houchin – Indiana
60. Hudson – North Carolina
61. Huizenga – Michigan
62. Issa – California
63. Jackson (TX) – Texas
64. James – Michigan
65. Johnson (LA) – Louisiana
66. Johnson (OH) – Ohio
67. Johnson (SD) – South Dakota
68. Joyce (OH) – Ohio
69. Kean (NJ) – New Jersey
70. Kelly (MS) – Mississippi
71. Kelly (PA) – Pennsylvania
72. Kiggans (VA) – Virginia
73. Kiley – California
74. Kim (CA) – California
75. Kustoff – Tennessee
76. LaHood – Illinois
77. LaLota – New York
78. Lamborn – Colorado
79. Langworthy – New York
80. Latta – Ohio
81. LaTurner – Kansas
82. Lawler – New York
83. Lee (FL) – Florida
84. Letlow – Louisiana
85. Loudermilk – Georgia
86. Lucas – Oklahoma
87. Luetkemeyer – Missouri
88. Luttrell – Texas
89. Mace – South Carolina
90. Malliotakis – New York
91. Maloy – Utah
92. McCarthy – California
93. McCaul – Texas
94. McClain – Michigan
95. McCormick – Georgia
96. McHenry – North Carolina
97. Meuser – Pennsylvania
98. Miller (OH) – Ohio
99. Miller (WV) – West Virginia
100. Miller-Meeks – Iowa
101. Molinaro – New York
102. Moolenaar – Michigan
103. Moore (UT) – Utah
104. Moran – Texas
105. Murphy – North Carolina
106. Newhouse – Washington
107. Nunn (IA) – Iowa
108. Obernolte – California
109. Palmer – Alabama
110. Pence – Indiana
111. Pfluger – Texas
112. Reschenthaler – Pennsylvania
113. Rodgers (WA) – Washington
114. Rogers (AL) – Alabama
115. Rogers (KY) – Kentucky
116. Rouzer – North Carolina
117. Rutherford – Florida
118. Salazar – Florida
119. Scalise – Louisiana
120. Scott, Austin – Georgia
121. Sessions – Texas
122. Simpson – Idaho
123. Smith (MO) – Missouri
124. Smith (NE) – Nebraska
125. Smucker – Pennsylvania
126. Stauber – Minnesota
127. Steel – California
128. Stefanik – New York
129. Steil – Wisconsin
130. Strong – Alabama
131. Tenney – New York
132. Thompson (PA) – Pennsylvania
133. Turner – Ohio
134. Valadao – California
135. Van Duyne – Texas
136. Van Orden – Wisconsin
137. Wagner – Missouri
138. Walberg – Michigan
139. Waltz – Florida
140. Wenstrup – Ohio
141. Westerman – Arkansas
142. Williams (NY) – New York
143. Wilson (SC) – South Carolina
144. Wittman – Virginia
145. Womack – Arkansas
146. Yakym – Indiana
147. Zinke – Montana

Hold everyone to account who voted to extend the FISA abuse program.

They shouldn’t be allowed to say they are concerned about the FBI’s abuse.

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) December 14, 2023