House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed Sunday that his chamber will take a vote later this week on eliminating a provision in the spending bill that ended the government shutdown which compensated GOP senators whose phone records were seized during former special counsel Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
“We probably will repeal that provision,” Johnson (R-La.) told “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream. “That bill’s already been filed. I had to commit to my members that we would do that.”
Currently, up to nine Senate Republicans would be able to sue the government and be eligible for up to $500,000 in damages, plus attorneys’ fees, for each instance in which their call logs were coughed up to the feds. A payout for one incident apiece could cost taxpayers about $4.5 million.
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The bill passed the House last week, despite Johnson admitting he was “frustrated” with the clause being inserted in the measure.
A vote on repealing the measure is set for Wednesday, House Republican sources tell The Post.
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