Speaker Mike Johnson said he told Senate Majority Leader John Thune he strongly disagreed with the Senate GOP’s inclusion of a provision in the government funding package allowing senators to sue if their electronic records are obtained without their knowledge.
“I don’t think that was the smart thing to do,” Johnson told reporters Wednesday night.
Of Thune, Johnson added, “I think he regretted the way it was done, and we had an honest conversation about that.”
The House voted late Wednesday on legislation to end the longest government shutdown in history that included a continuing resolution to fund federal operations through Jan. 30 and a…
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