Thune fires back at House GOP effort to repeal senators’ $500,000 damages provision

Nov 20, 2025 - 01:00
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Thune fires back at House GOP effort to repeal senators’ $500,000 damages provision
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) poured cold water Wednesday on an effort by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to repeal a provision buried in the government funding bill that Congress passed last week that would allow senators to sue the Justice Department for surveilling their activities. Thune argued the provision to give Republican senators standing…