The House voted Friday to reauthorize and reform a key U.S. government surveillance tool following a dramatic showdown on the floor over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data. The bill was approved on a bipartisan basis, 273-147, though it will still have to clear the Senate to become law. The legislation approved Friday would extend the surveillance program for two years, rather than the full five-year authorization first proposed.

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