The U.S. Senate faces a fast approaching deadline to pass a key surveillance bill and avoid a lapse in Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

That FISA section, set to expire Friday, authorizes warrantless spying on foreigners abroad.

The House last week passed a bill to reauthorize Section 702, though a separate provision ending warrantless surveillance of Americans failed to pass.

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