House votes to repeal new law that allows senators to sue government over phone record seizures Politics Nov 20, 2025 1:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted overwhelmingly 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.

The 427-0 vote was a bipartisan rebuke after Majority Leader John Thune added the provision to the funding bill that passed earlier this month to end the nation’s longest government shutdown. The Senate language blindsided House lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle and immediately prompted accusations of self-dealing at the taxpayers’ expense.

Senators appeared unlikely to go along with the House repeal, with

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