House to Repeal Divisive Senate Provision in Funding Bill

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Thursday said the House will "repeal" a controversial provision in the government spending package that would allow senators to sue if the government investigates their phone records without notification.

The provision would allow a group of eight Republicans, whose phones were investigated without their knowledge by Special Counsel Jack Smith as part of his investigation into President Donald Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, to file a lawsuit and potentially win hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages.

"Any Senator whose Senate data, or the Senate data of whose Senate office, has been acquired, subpoenaed, searched, accessed, or disclosed in violation of this section may bring a civil action against the United States if the violation was committed by an officer, employee, or agent of the United States or of any Federal department or agency," the bill states.

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