House jams Senate by attaching repeal of Jack Smith provision to $1.2T funding package
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House Republicans vote to repeal Senate measure allowing lawmakers to sue government for $500,000 if phone records were seized, attaching a repeal to a funding bill needed past Jan. 30.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
House lawmakers voted unanimously Thursday to roll back that measure, as an amendment to a $1.2 trillion federal funding package that's expected to get a vote later in the day. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
If the funding package is passed, the Senate will be forced to consider the repeal along with the larger spending bill or else amend it and risk running the clock down on Congress' Jan. 30 government shutdown deadline.
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