Multiple web search results report that Congress approved a short-term extension of the foreign spying authority in the early hours of a Friday morning. One source explicitly states, 'Congress unanimously approved a 10-day renewal of the federal government’s foreign spying authority in the early hours of Friday morning.'

Two independent web search results confirm the specific details: the House and Senate approved the reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA to expire on April 30, and that this represented a shift from a prior April 20 deadline.

Two web search results corroborate the existence of prior failed bipartisan votes, specifically mentioning one aimed at a five-year extension with revisions and another for a 'clean' extension with no changes.

Two Wikipedia entries confirm that Section 702 has been established and amended over time, with one specifically citing the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 as a key amendment used as a legal basis for surveillance.

Multiple web search results indicate that civil liberties advocates and lawmakers are concerned that the authority allows the government to obtain communications between foreign targets and U.S. citizens, framing this as a privacy concern.

Three distinct web search results cite unsealed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) filings from 2021, all reporting that the FBI improperly accessed U.S. citizens' data around the 278,000 mark.

Two web search results confirm that a bipartisan effort resulted in a two-year reauthorization of Section 702, and one source mentions the passage by a bipartisan majority.