Some House Republicans are floating a two-month extension of the nation’s warrantless spy powers as the clean, 18-month extension requested by President Trump hits a wall within the right wing of the GOP, according to three sources familiar. The two-month extension would buy the House time to debate a series of reforms pitched by the…
Republicans float short-term spy powers extension as they struggle to strike deal
Originally reported by The Hill
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