WASHINGTON — Congress is set to repeal a controversial new law allowing certain U.S. senators to claim millions of dollars in damages from the Justice Department. It’s revenge for House Republicans, who were furious when their Senate counterparts slipped what’s essentially a personal payday into a government funding bill that ended the longest government shutdown in U.S. history last fall. We wanted to get more evidence of that, to corroborate it for trial.”Most senators disavowed the payout provision, which was added to the government funding bill by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) Scott and other House Republicans were disgusted when they learned about the provision, saying it looked like an obvious self-enrichment scheme. Even though they mostly subscribe to Trump’s lies about Jan. 6, they unanimously added the repeal to a must-pass funding bill on Thursday.

Source: Huffington Post January 23, 2026 00:45 UTC