2026年4月17日 / 美国东部时间凌晨2:47 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
华盛顿讯——众议院周五凌晨在一场后半夜的会议中批准了一项短期延期法案，将美国情报机构使用的一项有争议的监控项目有效期延长至4月30日。此前共和党议员发生反叛，拒绝了特朗普总统提出的更长延期要求。
一项新提案于周四晚间公布，原本计划对该项目进行五年延期并附带修订条款。这与特朗普要求的无附加条件18个月延期以及众议院议长迈克·约翰逊此前的支持立场均有所不同。
民主党议员抨击此次议事程序，许多议员在投票开始时在议会现场翻阅法案文本，议员们纷纷赶回国会山。随着一项关键程序性投票未获通过，该提案因共和党议员倒戈而宣告失败。
“我们今晚离成功非常接近，”约翰逊说道。
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊于2026年3月26日在国会投票结束后离场。内森·波斯纳/安纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社
马萨诸塞州众议员吉姆·麦戈文周四晚间拉开激烈议会辩论的序幕，他问道：“到底有谁真正清楚这项法案里写的是什么？”
“你在开玩笑吗？到底是谁在掌管这个地方？”麦戈文说道。
本周这场僵持局面的核心是《外国情报监控法》第702条，即广为人知的FISA条款。该条款允许中央情报局、国家安全局、联邦调查局及其他机构无需搜查令即可收集和分析海量境外通信内容，在此过程中可能偶然截获与外国目标有接触的美国公民的通信信息。
美国官员表示，这项权限对于挫败恐怖主义阴谋、网络入侵行为和外国间谍活动至关重要。
本周以来，该法案的立法进程始终在一场熟悉的博弈中摇摆不定：议员们需要在公民自由担忧与情报官员发出的国家安全风险警告之间做出权衡。
“存在诸多不同意见，”约翰逊周四早些时候表示，“我们希望确保我们拥有这项对国家安全极为重要的工具，但同时也要以切实保障宪法权利的方式推进。”
特朗普及其盟友本周一直在积极游说，要求无条件延长该项目。一群共和党议员于周二前往白宫，周三中央情报局局长约翰·拉特克利夫直接与共和党议员进行了沟通。众议院多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯周四表示，“我们与白宫和部分议员彻夜进行了谈判。”
“我呼吁共和党人团结一致，在程序性投票中投出赞成票，以便将一份无附加条件的法案提交议会全院表决，”特朗普本周在Truth社交平台上写道，“我们需要团结一心。”
Controversial surveillance program extended by House but only until April 30
April 17, 2026 / 2:47 AM EDT / CBS/AP
Washington— The House early Friday approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies in a post-midnight session after Republicans revolted and refused President Trump’s push for a longer extension.
A new proposal was unveiled late Thursday that would have extended the program for five years with revisions. It was a departure from the clean 18-month renewal Mr. Trump had demanded and Speaker Mike Johnson had previously backed.
Lawmakers scrambled back to the Capitol as Democrats blasted the process, with many members flipping through pages of the bill on the floor as votes began. The effort collapsed when a key procedural vote fell short, doomed by GOP defections.
“We were very close tonight,” Johnson said.
House Speaker Mike Johnson departs after a vote at the Capitol on March 26, 2026. Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images
Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern kicked off a fiery floor debate late Thursday by asking, “Does anybody actually know what the hell is in this thing?
“Are you kidding me? Who the hell is running this place?” said McGovern.
At the center of the standoff that has stretched throughout the week is Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as FISA, which permits the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI and other agencies to collect and analyze vast amounts of overseas communications without a warrant. In doing so, they can incidentally sweep up communications involving Americans who interact with foreign targets.
U.S. officials say the authority is critical to disrupting terrorist plots, cyber intrusions and foreign espionage.
Its path to passage has teetered all week in a familiar fight, as lawmakers weigh civil liberties concerns against intelligence officials’ warnings about national security risks.
“There are a lot of opinions,” Johnson said earlier Thursday. “We want to make sure that we have this very important tool for national security, but we also do it in a way that jealously guards constitutional rights.”
Mr. Trump and his allies had lobbied aggressively all week for a clean renewal of the program. A group of Republicans traveled to the White House on Tuesday, and on Wednesday CIA Director John Ratcliffe spoke directly with GOP lawmakers. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Thursday there had “been negotiations late into the night with the White House and some of our members.”
“I am asking Republicans to UNIFY, and vote together on the test vote to bring a clean Bill to the floor,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social this week. “We need to stick together.”