Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is facing mounting Senate calls, including from members of his own party, to roll back a controversial provision tucked into the shutdown-ending funding bill that allows senators to sue the Justice Department for financial damages.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said Tuesday that he was inclined to support a repeal of the language, which allows senators to seek $500,000 or more if their communications are monitored without their knowledge.
Thune added the provision to the funding bill after the Justice Department obtained phone data, including call logs, of eight GOP senators as part of the Jan. 6 investigation, making Grassley’s openness to repeal all the more striking.
As chairman of the Judiciary Committee, he has taken a leading
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