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Government funding bill heads to House

A hidden clause in the government shutdown bill could give 8 senators at least $1M each

Now that the longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended, a new controversy is emerging over a little-noticed clause that could personally enrich sitting senators.

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Johnson says House will have standalone vote to strip controversial Senate provision from funding bill

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Government funding bill heads to House after passing Senate

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'It's a great day' - Trump signs bill to end longest shutdown in US history

It came shortly after the House, the lower chamber of the US Congress, passed the bill in a 222 to 209 vote, with six Democrats joining the Republicans to vote yes It's been 43 days since the shutdown...

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How the US government shutdown ended - as it happened

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A Historic Shutdown Is Over. It Leaves No Winners and Much Frustration

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Lindsey Graham vows to cash in on GOP's 'million-dollar jackpot'

While critics fumed at the prospect of Republican US senators suing to collect $1 million or more each in taxpayer money as part of a bizarre provision slipped into the government funding bill, one senior GOP lawmaker said Wednesday that he’s all in on the proposal—and won’t stop at a mere million.

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Hawley calls Senate’s million-dollar payout clause a ‘bad idea,’ says DOJ should face ‘public hearings’

Missouri senator responds after KSDK asked whether he’d benefit from the provision buried in the shutdown bill.

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Deal to end US shutdown would also allow some Republican senators to seek $500,000 for January 6 probe

The bill includes a clause that would allow lawmakers whose phone records were subpoenaed as part of that probe to sue the Justice Department for damages.