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House Extends Surveillance Law, Rejecting New Privacy Safeguards

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), right, and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) cross the Capitol Rotunda on their way a meeting, in Washington, Jan. 11, 2018. By a 256 to 164 vote, the House of Representatives voted on Thursday to extend the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program for six years with minimal changes; the legislation must still go through the Senate. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)