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November 20, 2025

House Votes to Claw Back Provision Allowing Senators to Sue over Jan. 6 Investigations
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The House of Representatives voted unanimously Wednesday to rescind a
provision of the recently passed spending bill that would allow eight
Republican senators to personally sue the government for up to $1
million if their phone records were seized as part of special counsel
Jack Smith's investigation into the January 6 attack. Maryland
Democratic Congressmember Jamie Raskin called the measure "one of the
most blatantly corrupt provisions for political self-dealing and the
plunder of public resources ever proposed in Congress." It's not clear
whether the bill to repeal the language will get a vote in the Senate.


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