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The vote failed 198-218, with seven Democrats voting in favor of the short-term extension and 19 Republicans voting against it.
Johnson needed a two-thirds vote to pass the legislation under a fast-track process. He faced a dynamic also difficult within a GOP conference, where many members have also demanded reforms to the spy program.
The bill would have extended Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) through July 2. Democrats, however, refused to back the reauthorization due to objections to President Trump installing Bill Pulte as the acting director of national intelligence.
It's a little more concerning that they would've reauthorized it if it'd be someone else getting appointed to DNI, I'd like to think that they'd want to get warrantless tapping of American citizens squashed no matter who the DNI is, but hey, whatever gets us there.