The Biden administration’s Jan. 6 surveillance of GOP senators has quickly become a cross-chamber dispute after House Republicans were taken aback by “last-minute” language inserted into the Senate ‘s shutdown -ending funding bill.

House Republicans became aware of the provision, which allows senators to sue the federal government for surveilling them without their knowledge, as the lower chamber prepared to vote on a government spending bill that had passed the Senate only hours earlier.

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