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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 A lapse in a law that allows the U.S. to gather intelligence abroad grew more likely on Wednesday as President Donald Trump resisted calls from Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill to immediately name a permanent head of the nation’s intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n

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Trump has doubled down on his temporary pick for director of national intelligence, federal housing finance regulator Bill Pulte, even though he has little experience for the job. Democrats say they won’t support the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as FISA, unless he withdraws Pulte’s appointment and nominates a permanent replacement.<\/p>\n

The impasse could soon result in limitations on what intelligence the U.S. government can collect abroad just as World Cup games begin in cities around the country and ahead of celebrations for the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary. The law expires on Friday at midnight.<\/p>\n

Trump on Wednesday asked Congress for a short-term extension of the law to \u201cprovide time for the selection and confirmation” of a permanent director.\u201d But he stuck with Pulte as the acting head and said he wants to begin downsizing intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can’t let them extort us,\u201d Trump said of Democrats.<\/p>\n

Senate Republicans floated an short-term extension of the law after Trump’s request, but it was immediately rejected by Democrats who argued that it’s up to the president to replace Pulte.<\/p>\n

As the bill stalled in the Senate, Speaker Mike Johnson announced the House would hold a vote Thursday on a stopgap to keep the program running through July 2 even as the chances of passage appeared slim.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to ask every member here to do the right thing,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWe cannot allow that to go dark.\u201d<\/p>\n

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said if Trump wants a shot at a short-term extension, he needs to pull the Pulte appointment. Pulte is a \u201cdisgraceful individual\u201d and a \u201cpartisan political hack” who is deeply unqualified for the job, Jeffries said.<\/p>\n

GOP leaders lobby the White House, to no avail<\/p>\n

Congressional Republicans have lobbied Trump all week to quickly nominate a permanent replacement. But he said he needs more time to do so.<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Wednesday that Republican leaders have \u201cmade our views known\u201d to the White House about the easiest way to get the bill passed, and \u201cwe\u2019re just doing what we can here to ensure that the White House understands what will be necessary in order to make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump said on Friday that he is interviewing five candidates for his pick to lead the agency permanently and that all have a national security background.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an important position and one that I think will be filled by a highly qualified person,\u201d said Johnson, who met with Trump twice this week to talk about the FISA impasse.<\/p>\n

Trump made it very clear, Johnson said, that Pulte will serve a \u201cvery short term \u2014 a sort of renovation role\u201d to help the Office of the Director of National Intelligence be \u201crenovated and downsized.\u201d<\/p>\n

To unlock votes for FISA, the pick would have to be soon \u2014 and Trump’s choice would have to satisfy both Republicans and Democrats.<\/p>\n

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One of several possible replacements could be Pete Hoekstra, Trump\u2019s ambassador to Canada and a former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. The White House has reached out to Hoekstra about the job and conversations are ongoing, according to a person familiar with the outreach who requested anonymity to discuss the private conversations.<\/p>\n

FISA will lapse at midnight Friday<\/p>\n

Section 702 of FISA allows agencies such as the CIA, National Security Agency and FBI to collect communications from foreign targets overseas without a warrant.<\/p>\n

While members of both parties who cite privacy issues have long wanted to limit the authority, there was broad bipartisan support to renew it, especially after Republicans and Democrats recently worked out a compromise bill.<\/p>\n

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, has worked with Republicans on the compromise legislation to renew the authority. But he called Pulte\u2019s appointment to replace outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard \u201ca live hand grenade\u201d as they were trying to pass it. Republican leaders tried to start the process last week, but seven Republicans joined nearly all Democrats in blocking a long-term extension after Pulte was appointed. (<\/p>\n

Warner said Wednesday that the only way he\u2019ll support a short-term extension of the surveillance law is if the principal deputy director of national intelligence, Aaron Lukas, is the acting leader during the duration of that extension.<\/p>\n

Sen. Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have warned the administration that the spy tool is likely to lapse.<\/p>\n

The administration should prepare \u201cfor a potential significant gap in foreign intelligence collection,\u201d they wrote in a letter.<\/p>\n

Trump doesn’t back down on Pulte<\/p>\n

After bipartisan pushback to Pulte\u2019s temporary appointment, Trump said last week that he would not permanently nominate him to the position. But Democrats, and some Republicans, want his appointment pulled immediately and for Trump to nominate a replacement that can be confirmed by the Senate.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, though, Trump announced that Pulte would not only take over as acting director \u2014 he’d also start earlier than expected, on June 19.<\/p>\n

And he stuck with Pulte on Wednesday, posting that he needed more time to find a permanent replacement and telling reporters that the agencies need to be downsized.<\/p>\n

Both Republican and Democratic senators skeptical of Pulte have pointed to his lack of intelligence experience and also his record at the Federal Housing Finance Agency. In the position, the Trump loyalist has been linked with criminal referrals over allegations of mortgage fraud by public officials Trump sought to punish, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat; Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; and Lisa Cook, a board member of the Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Associated Press reporters Joey Cappelletti and Kevin Freking contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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