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The Senate inserted some provisions into the continuing resolution intended to end the federal government shutdown.

A provision in the Senate's spending bill to end the government shutdown includes money for members to sue the government if their phone records are investigated without their notice. 

The provision appears to be in response to eight Republican senators who had their phone records subpoenaed by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith in 2023 as part of his investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The Senate measure is now in the House and is expected to pass Wednesday in the GOP-controlled chamber to end the record-long shutdown, now over 40-days long. 

If passed, the measure will allow members to sue in federal court for damages of $500,000 or more.

Also, the Senate-passed government funding bill includes a provision that would recriminalize many of the intoxicating hemp-derived products that were legalized by the 2018 farm bill.