Senate Leaves $72 Billion DHS Bill Unpassed as Trump's $1.8 Billion Fund Sparks Revolt
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Updated · CNBC · May 21
Senate Leaves $72 Billion DHS Bill Unpassed as Trump's $1.8 Billion Fund Sparks Revolt
23 articles · Updated · CNBC · May 21
$72 billion in DHS immigration funding will not get a Senate vote before lawmakers leave Washington this week, pushing the package past Trump's self-imposed June 1 deadline.
A $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund and disputed White House ballroom security money fractured Republicans, with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche sent to the Capitol as senators questioned the plan.
Democrats had prepared a vote-a-rama to force politically difficult votes on the Trump priorities, including potential payouts to Jan. 6 defendants and spending tied to the ballroom project.
The package was meant to restore money for ICE and CBP left out of an earlier DHS bill after Democrats withheld support following two civilian deaths during a January immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
Congress funded the rest of DHS in April to end a partial shutdown, but the latest collapse shows Trump's personal spending priorities are complicating Republicans' effort to pass immigration money through reconciliation.
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