WASHINGTON — House lawmakers unanimously moved Wednesday to claw back a provision tucked into the stopgap bill to end the government shutdown last week that would enable spied-on senators to sue the government for up to $500,000.

The lower chamber voted 426-0 to scrap the provision House GOP lawmakers claimed they had been jammed with by their Senate peers last week during the rush to reopen the government.

“Not only was it disrespectful to Speaker Johnson and House Republicans to slip the Senate’s $500,000 payout into a funding bill at the last minute, but now Leader Thune is mocking House Republicans and doubling down,” Rep. John Rose (R-Tenn.) said.

“[Thune] is playing House Republicans for fools.”

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) defended the provision in an interview

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