The U.S. House of Representatives agreed Tuesday on a two-week extension for the Protect America Act of 2007, which would otherwise have expired February 1, 2008.

The extension, seen as a compromise between Democrats and Republicans, will give the Senate more time to pass new surveillance legislation to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The Bush Administration has threatened to veto any legislation that does not include immunity for past surveillance participation by telecommunications companies.

Source: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/01/us-house-votes-to-extend-surveillance.php