{"id":2510379,"date":"2025-11-13T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-pretty-rattled-at-funding-bill-provision-lauren-green\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T19:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:52:17","slug":"house-pretty-rattled-at-funding-bill-provision-lauren-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-pretty-rattled-at-funding-bill-provision-lauren-green\/","title":{"rendered":"House &#8216;pretty rattled&#8217; at funding bill provision: Lauren Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-pretty-rattled-at-funding-bill-provision-lauren-green%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2510379&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The House of Representatives is upset over a provision included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recently passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-controlled-federal-government-to-shut-down-friday\/\" title=\"Democrat-Controlled Federal ... to Shut Down Friday\u00a0\">federal funding bill<\/a><\/a>, which they plan to remove. This provision, added in the Senate&#8217;s version, allows senators to sue the government for unauthorized access to their data, with payouts of at least $500,000 per violation. The measure relates to an inquiry called &#8220;Arctic Frost,&#8221; led by Special Counsel Jack Smith, which gathered phone communications from several Republican lawmakers. Some House Republicans,including Reps. Thomas Massie and Greg Steube, opposed the bill once the provision became known, and House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed significant frustration about it.Johnson intends to introduce a repeal of the provision soon, hoping for fast passage in the House. However, it remains uncertain if Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who helped insert the provision, will support its removal. Simultaneously occurring, Congress is preparing to consider other controversial measures, including a bipartisan bill to release documents related to Jeffrey Epstein and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-things-to-watch-in-congress-after-august-recess\/\" title=\"Four things to watch in Congress after August recess\">potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-announces-bill-banning-insider-trading-in-congress\/\" title=\"Josh Hawley Announces ... Banning Insider Trading In Congress\">stock trading ban<\/a><\/a> for lawmakers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House &lsquo;pretty rattled&rsquo; at funding bill provision: Lauren Green<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Many lawmakers are very upset with a provision in the federal funding bill they passed<\/span>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3884983\/house-seeks-remove-senate-republican-provision-sue-doj-over-biden-investigations\/\">intend to remove it<\/a>, noted <em>Washington <\/em><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><em>Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;congressional reporter Lauren Green<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3882857\/gop-senators-jack-smith-arctic-frost-compensation-legal-fees-funding-bill\/\">The provision<\/a>, slipped into the Senate&rsquo;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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3886340\/johnson-thune-cross-roads-arctic-frost-surprise-shutdown-bill\/\">Johnson and Thune at crossroads over &#8216;Arctic Frost&#8217; surprise in shutdown bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3886674\/eric-swalwell-bill-pulte-doj-referral-alleged-mortgage-fraud\/\">Eric Swalwell blasts Bill Pulte DOJ referral over alleged mortgage fraud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3886009\/centrist-democrats-warn-against-partisanship-congress-after-shutdown\/\">Centrist Democrats warn against rise of partisanship in Congress after backing deal to end shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Green said two House Republicans voted against the funding bill, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Greg Steube (R-FL), the latter&rsquo;s vote being unexpected until the provision &ldquo;came to light&rdquo; Tuesday night, adding that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was &ldquo;pretty angry&rdquo; about it.<\/p>\n<p>Green explained that then-Special Council Jack Smith conducted <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3866920\/fbi-arctic-frost-investigation-targeted-160-republican-operatives-lawmakers-search-election-crimes\/\">an investigation called &ldquo;Arctic Frost,&rdquo;<\/a> which had obtained phone communications from eight Republican senators and one representative. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is among those who plan to sue, though House members &ldquo;were pretty rattled&rdquo; by the provision.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I talked to Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna from Florida last night, and she was really upset by the bill, obviously. She didn&rsquo;t deviate and vote against it, because if this bill didn&rsquo;t pass or they tried to repeal it before the bill was passed, then it would have had to go back to the Senate, which would have prolonged the government shutdown even longer than it already was,&rdquo; Green said on <em>LiveNow<\/em> from Fox Thursday.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3234322&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=178e82515c6ac5cbe7f021b6552f78be\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;But Johnson did say that he&rsquo;s going to introduce a provision to repeal it next week that they&rsquo;ll try to pass under suspension of the rules, which means it&rsquo;ll need two-thirds majority and it&rsquo;ll pass almost immediately,&rdquo; Green said.<\/p>\n<p>Green added that it is unclear if Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3881820\/how-senate-overcame-longest-shutdown-stalemate-history\/\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) will take up the provision&rsquo;s repeal. However, it seems Thune supports the provision, since he was &ldquo;one of the ones that put it in there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3886393\/kristi-noem-tsa-bonus-paychecks\/\"><strong>NOEM UNVEILS $10,000 BONUS PAYCHECKS FOR TSA AGENTS WHO STUCK OUT SHUTDOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides removing this provision, Green previewed that Congress&rsquo;s next steps will be voting on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jrs-call-to-ban-drug-advertisements-revives-price-transparency-talks-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"RFK Jr&#039;s call to ban drug advertisements revives price transparency talks - Washington Examiner\">bipartisan bill proposed<\/a> by Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3885387\/johnson-house-vote-epstein-files-release\/\">to release documents related to Jeffrey Epstein next week<\/a>. Green said the White House is &ldquo;extremely against this bill,&rdquo; but she expects more Republicans than the four who signed the bill&rsquo;s discharge petition to vote for it.<\/p>\n<p>Green also said a hearing about a stock trading ban has been announced for next Wednesday, something Luna has discussed starting her own discharge petition for. Green said both legislations have been &ldquo;pretty controversial,&rdquo; but is looking forward to covering them now that the government has reopened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House &#8216;rattled&#8217; by funding bill clause, plans repeal: Green<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2510380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25317087666961.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[47167,3653,67065],"class_list":["post-2510379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-funding-bill","tag-house","tag-lauren-green"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25317087666961.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2510379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510383,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510379\/revisions\/2510383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2510379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2510379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}