Senate set to drop data-seizure lawsuit provision from funding package
TL;DR
The Senate is expected to adopt House-passed repeal language that would erase a 2021 provision allowing certain Republican senators to sue the federal government for cash if their phone records were seized during the Jack Smith probe, with the repeal tied to a government funding package as lawmakers rush to avert a shutdown.
- Senate expected to repeal law allowing lawmakers to sue over data seizures Politico
- House overturns Senate's $500k perk for seized phone records Axios
- House amends funding package to repeal law allowing senators to sue for $500k, jamming upper chamber CBS News
- In unanimous vote, House tries to block Senate Republicans from cashing in on faux scandal MS NOW
- 'Graham's revenge': One GOP senator's vendetta could catapult government into shutdown rawstory.com
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