House Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday in moving to rip out a controversial measure that Senate Republicans snuck into the government funding package that allows them to sue the Justice Department for up to $500,000 over their phone records being seized.
The provision was quietly added to the government funding bill that ended the record-long shutdown and gave senators the ability to sue the Justice Department for each instance their office's data was subpoenaed without the required notification.
On Wednesday, House lawmakers moved to yank out the provision, voting 426-0 to have it nullified. CNN noted the provision's future remains murky, as Senate Majority Leader John Thune added it to the legislation at the request of several senators.