Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune speak at a press conference on the Republican budget bill at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
The Senate GOP-led measure was included as part of a wider government funding package that ended the longest-ever shutdown in U.S. history last November.
Its inclusion caught many House Republicans by surprise, angering them for its use of taxpayer dollars to benefit a relatively small contingent of lawmakers.
A House vote on repealing the measure late last year similarly passed via a unanimous vote but was never taken up in the Senate.
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"The leadership was worried about them rejecting it, but let them own it if they want to object to it," Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., who called the measure "ridiculous," told Fox News Digital on Thursday.
It will now be part of the overall funding package sent to the Senate, which provides dollars to keep the Department of War, Department of Education, Health and Human Services Department, and Department of Homeland Security, among others, running for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., with a green-light from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., added the tweak to the previous year's spending deal during bipartisan talks to end the 43-day government shutdown.
Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
But, his attempt was once again blocked by Graham, who contended that his rights when he was not notified that his records, along with seven other senators, had been violated as part of the probe.
"If you cannot hold your government accountable for violating your rights or potentially violating your rights, you have a very dangerous government," Graham said on the Senate floor. "I am no better than anybody else, but I'm certainly as hell no worse than anybody else."
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The repeal provision's inclusion in Thursday's government funding bill caught many by surprise. It had not been part of the legislation when it advanced out of the House Rules Committee, and was only offered by Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., on the House floor shortly before voting began on a procedural hurdle called a "rule vote."
It will be sent to the Senate along with the wider funding package if it's passed by the House on Thursday afternoon.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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