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Brawling in the ring at Sunday\u2019s UFC fight came with a show of Republican unity, as congressional leaders like Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson turned up to watch the event on the White House lawn.<\/p>\n

Read more Rogers earmarks money for nonprofits he helped launch<\/a><\/p>\n

But outside the Octagon and behind the scenes, another fight was brewing over reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which expired Friday night.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s part of a final summer stretch before the nation\u2019s 250th birthday, with splashy celebrations colliding with national security fears. While leaders in Congress want to re-up the spy powers authority and move on to other things, the sucker punches keep coming.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t control the \u201ctiming of White House announcements,\u201d Thune told me during a sit-down interview last week, and that rang true again on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m against FISA if it doesn\u2019t come with The Save America Act (Full version!) firmly attached to it,\u201d President Donald Trump posted on social media, referring to the GOP\u2019s sweeping voter ID and election overhaul package.<\/p>\n

That legislation doesn\u2019t have the votes needed for passage in the Senate, with a handful of Republicans opposing it. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, for example, has said the bill\u2019s narrow ID requirements could disenfranchise Alaskans, while Sen. Mitch McConnell believes most federal election matters should be left to the states.<\/p>\n

Thune said Trump\u2019s \u201cgot a passion\u201d for doing SAVE, but \u201cthere are limitations to what we can do in the Senate, given the vote count.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there was a better answer to [Trump\u2019s] questions, I wish I had one, but I don\u2019t. I mean, it really does come down to arithmetic,\u201d Thune said Thursday of the legislation, which would require voters to prove citizenship.<\/p>\n

And tying the two issues together could create new wrinkles in the Section 702 debate. Some of the loudest privacy hawks calling for new warrant requirements\u00a0\u2014 not included in a bipartisan agreement reached in recent weeks \u2014 are also the biggest advocates of SAVE, like Sen. Mike Lee of Utah.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also part of Thune\u2019s FISA calculations for this week: moving quickly to get a successor in place for departing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.<\/p>\n

It comes after Bill Pulte, Trump\u2019s pick for a temporary replacement, landed like a knockout blow for Section 702\u2019s bipartisan reauthorization chances, with Democrats saying he was unfit to oversee sensitive intelligence programs.<\/p>\n

Leaders are hoping Trump\u2019s permanent choice of Jay Clayton, announced last Thursday, will help get Democrats on board to renew 702. The Senate Intelligence Committee has a confirmation hearing on Clayton scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

But confirming Clayton on the floor before the start date Trump named for Pulte \u2014 Friday, June 19 \u2014 would require unanimous consent from Democrats to speed things up.<\/p>\n

National security summer<\/h2>\n

The lapse sends the surveillance power into uncharted territory, with questions over whether it will hamstring the government\u2019s ability to collect information from service providers during a busy summer.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s UFC fight at the White House was just one of several high-profile events planned to mark\u00a0the United States\u2019\u00a0semiquincentennial anniversary, and cities around the country have been welcoming travelers as the World Cup enters its second week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more Senate plans fast action on Trump\u2019s DNI pick<\/a><\/p>\n

National security remains top of mind in another way, too, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill look ahead to Friday\u2019s official signing of a tentative agreement between the U.S. and Iran to end the war there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all!\u201d Trump posted to social media on Sunday evening. \u201cShips of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Plans include the U.S. and Iran lifting blockades of the Strait of Hormuz; its closure has driven up prices for fuel, fertilizer and more back home.<\/p>\n

Thune addressed those concerns in Thursday\u2019s interview, saying \u201ceven though gas prices might be high today, we know they\u2019re going to come down.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to trend in the right direction,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cI think people are willing to accept and tolerate more of the economic hardship they might be feeling in the short term, but there has to be a sense of confidence that we are ultimately going to find a good landing spot here. I think that\u2019s the challenge for the president and his administration.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The leader also added this of Iran: \u201cIf the goal is to keep them from having a nuclear weapon, then we ought to make sure they don\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some worry that the war has done little to dismantle Iran\u2019s nuclear ambitions, and Democrats on Capitol Hill are already voicing skepticism about Trump\u2019s deal and its prospects of bringing lasting peace.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, the president has made many promises about this war and fulfilled few of them. The fact that we have not seen any text of an agreement, while he and Iranian leaders once again say different things about what has been agreed, highlights why we need to see this deal immediately,\u201d\u00a0Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., ranking member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, said in a Sunday night statement. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Housing and more\u00a0<\/h2>\n

In the weeks remaining before the midterm elections in the fall, Thune said he wants to spend time legislating again and looking beyond \u201cthings you just don\u2019t control.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all going to be what can we get to 60 [votes] on over here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Thune identified a housing and affordability bill \u2014 the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act \u2014 that passed his chamber in March as a \u201cnatural candidate\u201d for action, with likely bipartisan support.<\/p>\n

He said members were having \u201cgood conversations\u201d surrounding that bill, and on Monday, aides confirmed the Senate would be putting a reworked version of the bill on the floor this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But House Republicans may be tapping the brakes, with House Financial Services Committee spokesperson Dan Schneider saying they had not received Senate text and the approach did not \u201creflect an agreement\u201d they\u2019d reached.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge the Senate to work with the House and not waste valuable floor time in the Senate,\u201d Schneider said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more Court extends block on \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund<\/a><\/p>\n

Mark Schoeff Jr. contributed to this report.<\/em> \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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