Just in time for the holidays, Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate appear itchy for a big family fight.

That growing tension was on display during a late vote on Nov. 19. House members voted unanimously that night to rebuke the Senate Republican leadership for slipping into legislation a sneaky provision that allows eight Republican senators to stuff their pockets with millions of dollars from your taxes. That legislation ended the 43-day government shutdown on Nov. 12.

The House voted 426 to 0 – 216 Republicans and 210 Democrats – to approve a two-page bill that specifically revokes that provision to let senators sue because their phone records were subpoenaed by former special counsel Jack Smith during his investigation into potential election interference after the 2020 presidential race.

The Senate legislation to reopen the government last week, running to 161 pages, includes a brief passage on page 94 that said any senator whose phone data was "subpoenaed, searched, accessed, or disclosed" could sue the federal government for

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