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Senators moved ahead with a bipartisan housing bill this week, paving the way for a final vote once they return from the Juneteenth long weekend. But on another topic, they seemed to go not forward, but back.<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump sent negotiations to renew a lapsed spy power authority back to square one Wednesday, souring the mood as senators wait on word from the White House on how to proceed with the reauthorization and a key intelligence nominee.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never been asked to slow a nomination down before,\u201d said Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., Thursday of the White House. \u201cWe\u2019re just executing, or trying to execute, on what they had asked us to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others were unhappy over how Trump is rolling out a \u201cmemorandum of understanding\u201d with Iran meant to end the war, triggering calls for a congressional briefing from the White House. Particularly concerning for some GOP senators was confusion over a $300 billion \u201creconstruction\u201d plan for Iran.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the House had the week off. The chamber left town last week after voting down a short-term extension of the spy powers authority under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That authority lapsed Friday, leaving Thune to take up the FISA reauthorization mantle.<\/p>\n

The path initially looked promising: Thune was working to shepherd Jay Clayton toward a quick confirmation to lead the nation\u2019s intelligence community, defusing Democratic anger over Trump\u2019s temporary pick, Bill Pulte.<\/p>\n

But Trump upended that plan in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, when he ordered Clayton not to appear at his scheduled Senate confirmation hearing later that day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clayton is currently leading the high-profile Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Trump said in a social media post he did not want Clayton to leave that position until James McDonald, his pick to replace Clayton, is in place. He added he also wants lawmakers to fold into FISA a voter ID bill that has no route to passage in the Senate.<\/p>\n

Clayton didn\u2019t show up for the canceled hearing Wednesday afternoon, and neither did members of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The reversal from Trump confused senators, and Thune said Thursday morning he hadn\u2019t heard from the president on the Clayton nomination or another path forward on FISA.<\/p>\n

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The FISA fiasco overshadowed a long-awaited breakthrough this week, as Senate Banking and House Financial Services panel leaders reached an agreement on a sweeping housing package aimed at addressing voters\u2019 affordability concerns, which they hope to pass early next week.<\/p>\n

The measure includes nearly four dozen provisions based on stand-alone measures, including language aimed at streamline housing regulations to bolster the construction of affordable housing, change rules to increase manufactured housing and encourage localities to ease zoning rules.<\/p>\n

On the floor, senators cleared two former Republican House members \u2014 Michelle Steel of California and George Holding of North Carolina \u2014 for positions in the Trump administration. Steel was confirmed in a 55-39 vote to be ambassador to South Korea, and Holding was confirmed in a 48-39 vote to be U.S. director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.<\/p>\n

Iran briefing<\/h2>\n

Before senators left town Thursday, many said they were anxious to get a briefing from the Trump administration on the Iran MOU, which requires another 60 days of negotiations to finalize.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the White House intends to brief Congress \u201cvery soon\u201d once both chambers are back in session and has been \u201cinformally\u201d talking to people in Congress \u201cjust over the last week.\u201d He added he does not think that congressional approval is needed to lift certain sanctions on Iran as part of the deal.<\/p>\n

Thune said the deal seems \u201cgood for Americans\u201d in that it will open up the Strait of Hormuz and result in economic benefits. But he said \u201clong-term \u2026 issues are still unresolved, and that\u2019s something they\u2019re going to be working on.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Thune wasn\u2019t sure about the $300 billion reconstruction fund idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there ought to be any financial incentives or any financial relief given to Iran absent their commitment to end their nuclear program,\u201d he said. \u201cI think these things are all contingencies right now, and they\u2019re conditioned upon certain behavior on their part. \u2026 We\u2019re still, as you know, getting the particulars and the details, and trying to sort out what comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who lost his primary to a Trump-backed Republican challenger, said such a fund is \u201cnot gonna be [used] for constructive and useful purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this is just an intermission,\u201d Cornyn said. \u201cI don\u2019t think this is a conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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