Senate Democrats are pushing back on renewing a key surveillance law due to expire on June 12, after President Donald Trump named a housing official to lead the nation’s intelligence agencies.
Trump’s choice on Tuesday of Bill Pulte, who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as acting director of national intelligence, drew objections from most Democrats and some Republicans, who said he lacks the national security experience for the role.
While keeping his housing post, Pulte would take over from Tulsi Gabbard, who is resigning on June 30, after disclosing her husband’s cancer diagnosis in May.
Pulte would need Senate confirmation to hold the intelligence job permanently….
Democrats May Block Surveillance Law Renewal Over Trump’s Intelligence Pick
