President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE told a group of Republicans on Tuesday that he will not support extending soon-to-expire intelligence programs without changes to the surveillance court.

Trump met with Attorney General William Barr Bill BarrBarr asked prosecutors to explore charging Seattle mayor over protest zone: report Trump says mail ballots greater election threat than foreign interference Barr told federal prosecutors to aggressively charge protesters with crimes: report MORE and several GOP lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE (Ky.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Kevin Owen McCarthyDemocrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise House GOP slated to unveil agenda ahead of election How Trump's false attacks on mail-in voting could backfire on him MORE (Calif.), amid a deadlock over how to deal with expiring provisions of the USA Freedom Act.

Sen. Rand Paul Randal (Rand) Howard PaulGOP senator to quarantine after coronavirus exposure The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by National Industries for the Blind - Trump seeks to flip 'Rage' narrative; Dems block COVID-19 bill Overnight Health Care: Senate Democrats block GOP relief bill | Democrats reveal Medicaid chief's spending on high-paid consultants | Trump calls question about why he 'lied' about COVID-19 a 'disgrace' MORE (R-Ky.) told reporters that Trump "pushed back very vigorously" on a plan pitched by Barr to pass a clean extension of the expiring intelligence programs plan while using his own rulemaking authority to make changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court.

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"It was a spirited discussion. The president made it exceedingly clear that he will not accept a clean reauthorization...without real reform," Paul told reporters after the meeting.

Sen. Mike Lee Michael (Mike) Shumway LeeMcConnell shores up GOP support for coronavirus package McConnell tries to unify GOP Davis: The Hall of Shame for GOP senators who remain silent on Donald Trump MORE (R-Utah), who also attended the meeting, noted in a Facebook post that lawmakers made the pitch to Trump that the surveillance court needs to be reformed as part of the reauthorization, and that Trump agreed with them.

"I've proposed a series of amendments to FISA and explained that I'm willing to vote to reauthorize the expiring provisions but only if we pass some of these reforms, only if we make it more difficult for the government to use these things against American citizens," Lee added in a video posted to Facebook.

Two GOP aides confirmed that Trump told lawmakers he would not support extending the USA Freedom Act provisions without broader FISA reforms.

Other attendees at the meeting were GOP Reps. Jim Jordan James (Jim) Daniel JordanRepublicans call for Judiciary hearing into unrest in cities run by Democrats Trump, GOP seek to rebut Democratic narrative on night one Jim Jordan praises Trump for calling his family after nephew's death MORE (Ohio), Mark Meadows Mark Randall MeadowsAmerican Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid McEnany tells CNN reporter to come work at the White House for details on health care plan Trump undercuts GOP, calls for bigger COVID-19 relief package MORE (N.C.), Doug Collins Douglas (Doug) Allen CollinsWin by QAnon believer creates new headaches for House GOP Andrew Clyde wins Georgia GOP runoff to replace Doug Collins New poll shows tight presidential race in Georgia MORE (Ga.) and GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Loeffler calls for hearing in wake of Netflix's 'Cuties' Quinnipiac poll shows Graham, Harrison tied in South Carolina Senate race MORE (S.C.) and Richard Burr Richard Mauze BurrRep. Mark Walker says he's been contacted about Liberty University vacancy Overnight Defense: Trump rejects major cut to military health care | Senate report says Trump campaign's Russia contacts posed 'grave' threat Senate report describes closer ties between 2016 Trump campaign, Russia MORE (N.C.).

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Congress has until March 15 to extend the three USA Freedom Act provisions that deal with roving wiretaps, lone wolf surveillance and a controversial phone records program that allows the government to request metadata.

Barr and McConnell pitched the idea of a clean extension of the provisions during the meeting, three sources told The Hill.

McConnell made a similar pitch during a press conference earlier Tuesday, while telling reporters he would support a short-term extension if Congress couldn't reach a larger deal by the deadline.

"My own preference is to extend these three or four expiring authorities ... but there are differences among my members and among the Democrats on the way forward. Whether we can resolve those and pass new legislation is unclear. If we're unable to resolve our differences, my preference would be for another extension," McConnell said.

Congress previously passed a 90-day extension of the programs in a December spending bill. Paul, on Tuesday night, wouldn't rule out that Trump could support a weeks-long stopgap to buy more time to craft a deal on larger surveillance reforms.

Lawmakers have floated extensions ranging from two months to after the November election and potentially to 2022. Paul noted an idea "specifically talked about," and rejected during the White House meeting, was kicking it until after the November election.

"I think that if there was something, if there were something very, very short term with the promise that a reform were coming, the president might" sign that, Paul said. "But there's not going to be a long term, and by long term I mean anything more than a couple of weeks that the president would sign."

Neither chamber has been able to move a bill to reauthorize the USA Freedom Act provisions despite having only eight working days before the deadline. There is no sense among lawmakers that they are on the precipice of an agreement, though supporters of reform believe they have momentum.

A growing number of lawmakers are supporting reforms to the FISA Court after Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz found 17 "significant inaccuracies and omissions" in the FISA warrants related to Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Trump did not directly mention Page by name during the meeting, though lawmakers brought him up as an example of abuse of the surveillance court.

Paul told reporters last week that Trump was supportive of his proposal to block FISA warrants from being used against Americans and to block FISA Court information from being used against Americans in domestic courts. Other potential changes pitched by lawmakers include increased legal representation for individuals targeted for surveillance and built in penalties for those who abuse the surveillance court.

Progressives and libertarians have raised concerns for years that there was not enough transparency or privacy protections provided for those targeted by the surveillance court. Those concerns for abuse have found a broader audience with Republicans in the wake of Horowitz's findings.

The House had to pull its bill last week that would have extended most of the expiring provisions, while ending the call records program, after Rep. Zoe Lofgren Zoe Ellen LofgrenHouse passes legislation to boost election security research Hillicon Valley: Twitter flags Trump campaign tweet of Biden clip as manipulated media | Democrats demand in-person election security briefings resume | Proposed rules to protect power grid raise concerns Democrats demand Ratcliffe resume in-person congressional election security briefings MORE (D-Calif.) threatened to force votes on several broader FISA-related amendments.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffOvernight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Democrats, advocates seethe over Florida voting rights ruling MORE (D-Calif.) told The Hill that he and his staff have been working the House Judiciary Committee as well as Lofgren and Rep. Pramila Jayapal Pramila JayapalProgressive Caucus co-chair: Whistleblower complaint raises questions about 'entire detention system' Buttigieg, former officials added to Biden's transition team A Biden-Harris presidency would largely end oil and gas production MORE (D-Wash.) to try to find a deal ahead of the March 15 deadline.

"We're looking at expanding the amicus provisions. We are looking at limiting the period of attention to business records, what the business records provision can be used for, making sure that you can't use the business records to get things you would need a court order for in the criminal context, limiting the use of geolocation data or their usage of location information," Schiff said.

There's also ongoing discussions between McCarthy and House Democratic leadership to try to find an agreement by the deadline.

"I've talked to Mr. McCarthy about it," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Steny Hamilton HoyerDemocrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Pence lauds Harris as 'experienced debater'; Trump, Biden diverge over debate prep Coons beats back progressive Senate primary challenger in Delaware MORE (D-Md.) told reporters on Tuesday. "We all want to get this done. And so, we'll see if we can reach agreement. But we haven't reached agreement yet."

Updated at 9:53 p.m.