Fight Erupts on Senate Floor over Provision Letting Senators Reap Millions From Suing DOJ

Fight erupts on Senate floor over provision letting senators reap millions from suing DOJ

Democratic senators clashed with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on the Senate floor Thursday when the GOP leader proposed a resolution to clarify that any damages won by Republican senators from lawsuits against the Department of Justice (DOJ) would go to the U.S. Treasury and not to the senators’ bank accounts. Responding to complaints [...]

Fight erupts on Senate floor over provision letting senators reap millions from suing DOJ

Democratic senators clashed with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on the Senate floor Thursday when the GOP leader proposed a resolution to clarify that any damages won by Republican senators from lawsuits against the Department of Justice (DOJ) would go to the U.S. Treasury and not to the senators’ bank accounts. Responding to complaints [...]

Republican slams 'tone deaf' senators for demanding their own DOJ settlement

Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) is blasting his own Republican colleagues as "tone deaf" after they demanded their own cash settlement from the U.S. Justice Department. President Donald Trump announced last month that he believed the DOJ owed him $230 million for investigations into him over the past several years. Now, Republican senators want payback, too. CNN reported this week that the bill that ended the government shutdown included a provis…