House ‘pretty rattled’ at funding bill provision: Lauren Green

Published November 13, 2025 6:29pm ET



Many lawmakers are very upset with a provision in the federal funding bill they passed and intend to remove it, noted Washington Examiner congressional reporter Lauren Green.

The provision, slipped into the Senate’s version of the funding bill, would allow senators to sue the government for accessing their data without their knowledge, receiving at least $500,000 for each violation.

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