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Thune Rebuffs House GOP Push to Repeal Controversial Senate Provision Ahead of Vote
House Republicans seek to repeal a Senate provision allowing senators to sue for $500,000 if their phone records are seized without notice amid controversy over transparency.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. House is expected to vote to repeal a lawsuit provision, with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pursuing repeal to ease House Republicans' concerns.
- Language slipped into the shutdown-ending bill earlier this month lets senators sue the U.S. and mandates $500,000 per violation; Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., secretly negotiated it tied to the Arctic Frost investigation and Jack Smith inquiry.
- Senate Republicans are divided, with Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., and Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., backing repeal, while Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, opposes; Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, support repeal.
- Attention will shift to the Senate to see how many members may buck Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., who has shown no signs of immediately taking up repeal, making Senate action unlikely.
- Tied to the 2023 FBI review, the law would benefit eight GOP senators whose phone records were accessed in former special counsel Jack Smith's probe, with Lindsey Graham, U.S. Sen. from South Carolina, saying he would sue and broaden use.
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