Today the House of Representatives will vote on a possible 30-day extension to a FISA amendment passed in August 2007, called the Protect America Act.  The PAA gives the executive branch the power to conduct surveillance on United States citizens without a warrant under the premise of providing better National Security.  It is set to expire on February 1st.  A thirty day extension would give Congress more time to debate updates to FISA legislation without throwing security personnel into legal limbo.  The Senate is currently at a stalemate on how to update FISA, with issues such as legal immunity for telecommunications companies hanging in the balance.  They are also unable to pass through the temporary extension of the Protect American Act.  FSRN's Naji Mujahid reports.