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Roberts Lobbies for Senate to Bundle SAVE America Act With FISA

The SAVE America Act must be passed by the Senate as soon as possible, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said on Wednesday.

Roberts appeared on “The VINCE Show,” hosted by Vince Coglianese, and said he supports President Donald Trump pushing for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to include the SAVE America Act.

“We’ve been saying for months it may be the only way to get the SAVE America Act passed is to attach it to FISA, and so I applaud the president for what he’s doing,” Roberts said.

FISA allows the government to surveil foreigners without a warrant, and it expired last Friday after Congress failed to pass an extension of the bill.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., called it “unrealistic” to bundle the two bills, and said he will only move to pass FISA once he’s confident there are enough votes.

“How Thune described the situation and the rules of the Senate yesterday are wrong—it’s just utterly wrong,” Roberts said. “The way you do this is........

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