House to vote on FISA reform Friday

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) will be brought to the House floor on Friday, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) office said.

{mosads}Hoyer announced the decision during a meeting of the Democratic Caucus, according to sources familiar with the conversation. 

On Wednesday, Hoyer was hopeful that a compromise between the House and Senate could be struck and the bill would move forward this week.

“I think we are very close to an agreement, which will not get everything that we had in the House bill,” Hoyer told reporters.

Hoyer has been meeting for weeks with Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), as well as Sens. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) and Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) to try to iron out differences over balancing electronic surveillance with the right to privacy for American citizens.