House Republicans are going after GOP senators who stand to collect millions of dollars courtesy of a veiled provision within a bill seeking to end the government shutdown.

The provision would give members of the Senate the ability to sue the government for obtaining their phone records without notification by the Justice Department. In 2023, the department obtained the records of several senators as part of its investigation into President Donald Trump‘s actions on Jan. 6. The provision said that those affected could receive $500,000 per violation.

Eight Republican senators’ phone records were obtained in the probe, including South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham, Missouri’s Josh Hawley, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Tennessee’s Marsha Blackburn. The provision caug

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