Eight Senate Republicans Broke Ranks This Week. John Cornyn, Spurned by Trump in His Primary, Didn’t.
Three Republicans backed the proposal, but the 50-49 vote left the Justice Department fund intact as debate over immigration spending continued.
- On Thursday, the Senate rejected a Democratic amendment to permanently ban President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund, as most Republicans voted against Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's effort to block the controversial plan.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche indicated earlier this week the fund has been shelved, yet Trump declined to confirm its termination on Wednesday, calling it 'so important' and 'a beautiful thing.'
- Three Republican senators—Susan Collins, Jon Husted, and Dan Sullivan—joined Democrats supporting the ban, but the 50-49 vote failure left GOP opponents like Republican Senator Bill Cassidy and Thom Tillis pursuing alternative blocking methods.
- Even if blocked, the Justice Department may use the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act to compensate individuals, as Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward signaled Tuesday a willingness to pursue such existing legal channels.
- The Senate continues debating a broader $70 billion immigration enforcement bill that includes the disputed fund; if passed, the House of Representatives could begin debate as soon as next week.
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Eight Senate Republicans broke ranks this week. John Cornyn, spurned by Trump in his primary, didn’t.
By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune June 5, 2026 WASHINGTON — A handful of Senate Republicans this week joined Democrats to oppose a controversial Trump nominee and vote against the president’s “anti-weaponization fund” and East Wing ballroom — the latest display of defection from a band of GOP moderates, retiring members and vulnerable incumbents in the upper chamber. Sen. John Cornyn was not among them. The senior Texas senator’s recent prim…
Scorned Republican goes scorched earth against Trump’s slush fund
A Republican senator recently scorned by Donald Trump and denied reelection is going scorched earth to definitively kill the president's "slush fund," according to The Hill, to the point that his defiance is causing delays and headaches for his colleagues.Sen. Bill Cassidy is a Louisiana Republican who, after initially being supportive and approving various controversial nominees, emerged as a vocal conservative critic of Trump and his conduct i…
Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-instrumentalization" fund of justice, denounced by his critics as a "black box," is in the dark on Friday. U.S. senators have failed to explicitly vote for its ban.
Trump fund sparks GOP infighting in Senate
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans grappled with the fate of President Donald Trump's sidelined $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund Thursday, barely defeating a Democratic effort to permanently kill the fund and derail a $70 billion bill to pay for Trump's immigration crackdown.
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Senate GOP Blocks Schumer Amendment Targeting Trump’s $1.8 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund As Three Republicans Join Democrats
The Senate voted 49-50 to reject a Democratic amendment that would have barred the Justice Department from creating a $1.8 billion fund tied to claims ... The post Senate GOP Blocks Schumer Amendment Targeting Trump’s $1.8 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund As Three Republicans Join Democrats first appeared on [your]NEWS.
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