Barr Heads To Senate With His Work Cut Out: Selling Republicans On FISA
The senate majority leader has asked the attorney general to meet with the conference to discuss surveillance legislation. The president also may need convincing.
Attorney General William Barr is scheduled to travel down Pennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday to make what could be a very difficult sales pitch to Senate Republicans.
Provisions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act are set to expire next month, and Barr is expected to try to convince senators to vote to reauthorize them.
Criticism of FISA is now mainstream among many Republicans and some Democrats after a thorny subplot from the Russia investigation.
This isn't the first time establishment figures have tried to sell members of Congress on supporting
