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Senate GOP delays vote on reconciliation bill amid opposition to DOJ fund, White House ballroom
GOP senators raised questions about a $1.776 billion Justice Department fund and $1 billion in ballroom security, stalling the party-line immigration bill.
- On Thursday, Senate Republican leaders postponed a vote on a $70 billion package funding ICE and Border Patrol after objections to President Donald Trump's controversial "anti-weaponization" fund.
- The Republican-only reconciliation bill provides about $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol, two agencies excluded from earlier bipartisan funding packages amid Democratic demands for enforcement restraints.
- Republican senators emerged from a closed-door briefing with The Justice Department with "more questions than answers," while lawmakers also weighed President Donald Trump's $1 billion request for White House ballroom security.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune aimed to pass the package before the Memorial Day holiday, but lawmakers leaving Washington will cause Congress to miss President Donald Trump's June 1 deadline.
- Returning to Washington the first week of June after the Memorial Day holiday, Congress faces significant Republican resistance as it attempts to resolve the stalled funding package.
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