The Senate officially rejected two of Donald Trump’s biggest priorities for the upcoming budget reconciliation bill, it was revealed Wednesday, as the upper chamber published the text of a bill to fund ICE and CBP.With

Senate Republicans retreating from negotiations with Democrats over Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding and turning to the filibuster-proof reconciliation process,

Trump pressed the chamber to include a $1 billion funding item related to his construction of a ballroom on the White House grounds, as well as $1.776 billion to fund a “weaponization fund” meant to distribute payouts to people prosecuted by the Department of Justice under Democratic administrations.

The latter was derided as a “slush fund” for Trump’s friends, political allies and convicted Jan. 6 rioters, including by some Senate Republicans. Both items were stripped from the bill text published by Senate Republicans after a full-scale revolt in the chamber threatened the reconciliation bill’s path forward last month.

An explosive showdown between Senate Republicans and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche took place just before the Memorial Day holiday at a luncheon which was set to precede the beginning of markups on the reconciliation package.

At that meeting, Republicans “screamed at Blanche,” said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), over the fund and the administration’s lack of explanations surrounding a key non-starter for many congressional Republicans: The prospect of rewarding violent rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.



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LMAO

Thats okay, theres still the board of peace funding that disappeared and the venezuela oil fund going into a mystery offshore account. Don jr and eric are gonna make out better than hunter

12D galactic chess by Trump, now the (D) can claim victory as the ICE bill gets passed.

How the fuk does he do it.

Once again, the orange man leaves me speechless.

You forgot about the blatant stock market manipulation with announcements that I'm sure they got a cut of.

The above just screams “Beta Cuck.”

You are a grown man who has a shitty diaper wearing fetish.

Im many things, but I aint that.......Jack!

Ewwww imagine the smells.

Border funding for the next three years, Massie will vote against it for sure

I think the settlement fund was saved brahs. We may get our reparations for 1/6 after all.

How about actually going after the companies that hire these people, ceos etc.... You can do that for a fraction of the money too.