The US House voted against extending a spy law called FISA Section 702. The vote was 198 to 218.

This law let US intelligence agencies spy on people without a court order. The vote needed a two-thirds majority but did not get it.

Both Republicans and Democrats voted against the bill. The Senate also tried three times to pass an extension.

All three Senate efforts failed. House members then left for a week-long break before the law expired.

The House is not expected to return until June 23. So the law has now lapsed.

Congress was also fighting with President Trump over Bill Pulte. Pulte is the acting Director of National Intelligence.

This conflict may have played a role in the failure. Trump then named Jay Clayton as a permanent Director of National Intelligence. But Democrats say that move came too late to save the law.