The House of Representatives voted unanimously Wednesday to repeal language in a government funding bill that would have awarded eight senators $500,000 each.

Lawmakers from both parties objected to the provision, which was tucked into legislation to resume government funding. That measure was signed into law last week, which brought an end to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The measure could have resulted in eight senators receiving the payments after their personal data was obtained during the federal investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The bill states: Any senator whose Senate data, or the Senate data of whose Senate office, has been acquired, subpoenaed, searched, accessed or disclosed in violation of this section may bring a civil action

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