Senate Republicans are separating their outrage over Bill Pulte's appointment as acting director of national intelligence from their conviction that Section 702 of FISA needs to be renewed.

• But their House colleagues aren't hopping on board.

🕵️‍♀️ Why it matters: For the moment, the usual hostage-takers in Senate Majority Leader John Thune's GOP conference are not taking a hostage. Policy is trumping personnel.

• "I support FISA reauthorization. I do not support Pulte," said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.).
• "He's just not qualified," Tillis said. "He's probably going to make reauthorization more problematic just by being out there."
• "I don't think the two issues should be related," Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told us.

👎 Driving the news: With FISA expiring on June 12, Republicans will likely need at least eight Senate Democrats — and Democrats are clearly open to tanking FISA to pressure Trump to pull Pulte.

• "I have yet to talk to a Republican who doesn't think this is an outrageous choice," Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told reporters. "I am keeping all the options on the table."
• "We cannot even entertain the idea of renewing FISA while President Trump is installing his unqualified loyalist as the acting Director of National Intelligence," Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) said.

⚠️ Thune cautioned Democrats against threatening the emerging Section 702 deal over Pulte.

• "I just think it's a really risky strategy on their part," Thune told reporters.
• "Obviously, I get their frustration, but at the end of the day, we have to function here. We've got to keep the country safe."

🌋 Zoom out: Anger and disbelief over Pulte leading ODNI is also erupting in the House, where lawmakers typically don't have the option of scuttling presidential appointments over policy differences.

• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is flexing his power on a vote that's expected to require some Democrats to pass the House.
• "FISA was already on life support in terms of Democratic support, and the decision to put a deeply unserious, dangerous and unqualified person like Bill Pulte into a position as the acting director of national intelligence is about to cause the plug to be pulled," Jeffries told reporters.

😨 Between the lines: Opposition from both House conservatives and Democrats leaves Speaker Mike Johnson with few options as lawmakers race to prevent a lapse in surveillance authorities.

• Johnson doesn't seem to have the votes to move the measure under suspension, which would require support from two-thirds of the House.
• And members are already warning about passing another short-term extension. "We grow weary of these short-term extensions," Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) said.
• Higgins and Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) both told us the rule vote to move the bill to the House floor could be in trouble, with Higgins saying he's "probably" a no.

The bottom line: Concessions made to appease House conservatives in the Senate's FISA bill haven't gone far enough to win their support, members told us.

• "Some [senators] haven't been receptive to House ideas," Davidson told us. "It's abundantly clear in the public eye there's a disconnect between the House and Senate on this."

— Hans Nichols and Kate Santaliz

Four of Speaker Johnson's House Republicans joined Democrats this afternoon in voting for a War Powers resolution on Iran.

Why it matters: It may be symbolic, but it's Congress' first successful rebuke of Trump's Iran war effort after multiple failed attempts.

• Democrats' most recent attempt failed last month in a stunning 212-212 tie vote.
• This time around, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), the one Democrat who has consistently voted against Iran war powers resolutions, flipped and voted yes.
• Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Tom Barrett (R-Mich.) and Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) voted in support of the measure.

The bottom line: The measure would still need to pass the GOP-controlled Senate — and even then, Trump could just veto it.

— Kate Santaliz