As if things weren’t complicated enough….
Over in the House, Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), a member of the House intelligence committee, took to the floor this afternoon to urge others to vote against any extension to the Protect America Act. His reasoning: 1) the administration’s bill was bad law in the first place and brought home the lesson to never pass legislation under “duress brought on by propaganda, misinformation, and fear mongering,â 2) surveillance authorized under the PAA would continue even if the law lapsed, and 3) it wouldn’t improve the Dems’ negotiating position.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=178914