A quiet fight over government funding has exploded into a major political firestorm after House Republicans discovered that Senate leaders quietly inserted a legal shield that benefits only members of the upper chamber. What was supposed to be a simple vote to keep the government open has transformed into a high stakes confrontation inside the GOP, raising serious concerns about unequal treatment and political favoritism.
At the center of the uproar is an obscure provision buried deep inside the Senate’s temporary spending bill. The language would permit certain senators targeted in former special counsel Jack Smith’s “Arctic Frost” probe to sue the federal government if they were placed under surveillance without notification. The payout for each senator could reach an eye opening five hundred thousand dollars.
The beneficiaries of this special carve out include eight Republicans. Lindsey Graham. Bill Hagerty. Josh Hawley. Dan Sullivan. Tommy Tuberville. Ron Johnson. Cynthia Lummis. Marsha Blackburn. Notably, no House members are included and no similar recourse is offered to them.
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