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House votes to renew FISA spying tool after earlier Republican revolt
The House voted to renew a powerful surveillance program on Friday‚ two days after a band of 19 conservative privacy hawksrevoltedagainst Republican leadership and blocked the legislation on the floor when their demands were not met.The vote was 273-147 and was overwhelmingly bipartisan‚ with both Republicans and Democrats voting in favor of the legislation. Of those who supported the legislation‚ 126 were Republicans and 147 Democrats. It followed a dramatic vote to narrowly...