House and Senate members can be notoriously thin- skinned when questioned about their policy and legislative choices. That was evident on April 14, when Sean Vitka, policy director for the left- leaning advocacy group Demand Progress, took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to ask House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) ranking member Jim Himes (D-CA) a question. Vitka asked whether Himes understood that an amendment he co- authored and which was included in the just- House passed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reauthorization bill granted federal electronic spies "Stasi- like" powers. The reference, of course, is to the infamous East German secret police, known as the Stasi. Vitka said he intended to keep asking Himes about it until he got an answer, to which Himes shot back:
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