Senate Republicans, Dems block dueling attempts to repeal controversial Arctic Frost provision

Senate Republicans and Democrats squared off on the Senate floor on Thursday, blocking attempt after attempt to repeal, or change, a controversial law that would allow senators to sue for hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money.The partisan back-and-forth came as lawmakers in the upper chamber were jetting from Washington, D.C., for the upcoming Thanksgiving recess. Two different attempts to try and fast-track a repeal or tweak of the law that would allow senators targeted in the Biden-led Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Arctic Frost probe to sue the federal government for $500,000 we...

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