President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged Republicans to “stick together” on a key procedural vote tied to the future of U.S. surveillance powers, wading directly into a high-stakes fight over the government’s intelligence authorities.

In a Truth Social post, Trump urged Republicans to “UNIFY, and vote together to on the test vote” related to a bill that would reauthorize a controversial part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act called Section 702, which is set to expire on April 20. That section allows for warrantless wiretaps of non-U.S. citizens.

Trump added that he’s working with House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Intelligence Chair Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) and House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to get a clean extension through the House.

The procedural vote, typically a routine step, has taken on outsize importance as divisions within the Republican conference threaten to derail leadership’s plans. A bloc of conservatives has pushed for stricter limits on surveillance powers, while national security hawks warn that failure to advance the measure could jeopardize intelligence operations. The House Rules Committee will meet Tuesday afternoon to tee up floor consideration of the Section 702 extension. GOP leaders are hoping to vote on the reauthorization Wednesday ahead of the deadline next week.

Trump, however, signaled little appetite for internal dissent, framing unity as essential to preserving what he described as critical “spy capabilities” needed to monitor foreign threats. He also emphasized that recent reforms to the program should remain in place.

Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine warned lawmakers in a letter Monday that the authority is “critical” to intelligence operations, underscoring the stakes if Congress fails to act.

“The fact is, whether you like FISA or not, it is extremely important to our Military. I have spoken to many Generals about this, and they consider it VITAL,” the president added. “Not one said, even tacitly, that they can do without it — especially right now with our brilliant Military Operation in Iran.

The House clerk read resignation letters from Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) Tuesday afternoon that will officially end the lawmakers’ tenures in the House.

The duel resignations come as the two men faced sexual misconduct allegations and efforts from colleagues to have them expelled. Swalwell’s resignation was effective at 2 p.m.; Gonzales’ will be effective midnight.

House Republicans are looking to bring their farm bill for a floor vote the last week of April, according to four people close to the talks who were granted anonymity to discuss them.

The timing is still fluid and could be bumped to after the chamber’s one-week recess at the beginning of May as lawmakers continue high-stakes negotiations over immigration enforcement funding as well as a potential second reconciliation package.

Republicans have been privately whipping votes since the House Agriculture Committee advanced the farm bill in a 34-17 vote last month, putting pressure on GOP colleagues to help deliver what committee Chair G.T. Thompson (R-Pa.) has called a “morale boost” for rural America ahead of the midterms.

House GOP leadership senior staff have privately warned that the package could be “in big trouble” on the floor due to intra-party divides over controversial provisions on pesticide labeling and state-level livestock laws. Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.), the Agriculture Committee’s top Democrat, has slammed what she calls “poison pills” in the Republican-led bill.

Some Democrats — particularly those seeking reelection in agriculture-heavy districts this November — may back the legislation, which includes dozens of bipartisan bills. Seven Democrats joined Republicans to advance the package out of committee.

Republicans saw many of their favored policies that normally would be included in a farm bill enacted as part of last year’s massive tax and spending package. That reconciliation package was paid for, in part, through major changes and cuts to spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — a move that soured Democrats ahead of farm bill negotiations.

A successful House vote in the coming weeks would tee up negotiations in the Senate. Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman (R-Ark.) has said he’s working on bill text but hasn’t offered a timeline for formal introduction or a markup. He told reporters Tuesday that the markup would be in a matter of “weeks rather than months.”

Senators are also likely to run into similar partisan disagreements over Democrats’ efforts to undo the GOP’s SNAP cuts. Boozman told Blue Light News last year that he’d likely avoid inclusion of the most contentious provisions that Thompson included in the farm bill in order to reach the Senate’s 60-vote threshold for passage.