The House will vote as soon as Wednesday to repeal a controversial provision of the funding bill they just passed in the latest example of the Senate increasingly forcing legislation on the lower chamber.
Language in last week’s shutdown-ending bill would allow senators to sue for up to $500,000 if their phone records were seized by the Justice Department. Republicans targeted in a Jan. 6 probe under President Joe Biden could directly benefit from the provision, but senators have started to distance themselves amid the political backlash.
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