Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are remaining tight-lipped about whether they will provide the decisive votes to pass a Trump-backed bill reauthorizing a warrantless surveillance law exploited by federal police to spy on Black Lives Matter and other activists. The silence comes even as Democratic leadership and other congressional minority groups have pledged to oppose reauthorization without reform.

A House vote on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) could come as soon as this week, before the existing law is set to expire on April 20. This Monday, the American Prospect reported that Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), a leading legislator on foreign affairs, successfully lobbied the CBC leadership not to support FISA reform efforts. The Lever has since spoken to an anonymous congressional source backing the Prospect’s account.

But in a statement to the Lever last night, Meeks denied the reporting as “inaccurate.”