WASHINGTON – The House was moving Wednesday to repeal part of a new law that gives senators the ability to sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge. But senators appear unlikely to go along, with some vocally defending the provision.

The language allowing the civil lawsuits was included by Senate Majority Leader John Thune in the funding bill that passed earlier this month to end the nation’s longest government shutdown . The provision blindsided House lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle and immediately prompted accusations of self-dealing at the taxpayers' expense.

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