Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Friday appeared to back off his demand to include a provision that would allow senators targeted by former special counsel Jack Smith to seek millions from the Justice Department but vowed to hold up a vote to avert a looming government shutdown unless the bill includes measures to “criminalize” the targeting of lawmakers. Graham on Thursday prevented the passage of a $1.2 trillion, six-bill package, forcing senators to reconvene Friday as the midnight deadline for a government shutdown looms over a sanctuary city crackdown and the removal of his Arctic Frost provision. The senator said he could not “remember putting a hold on an appropriations bill ever before.” Senate Democrats and the White House agreed late Thursday to strip funding for the Department of Homeland Security from the package, replacing it with a two-week stopgap measure. The U.S. House of Representatives previously voted to strip Graham’s controversial Arctic Frost provision from the package, which would have allowed senators to sue the Justice Department if their phone records are seized without their …