GOP Refuses to Ban 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund
Republicans said the fund must stay in place to preserve a $70 billion immigration package as Democrats sought to erase it permanently.
- On Thursday, Senate Republicans narrowly blocked a Democratic effort to kill President Donald Trump's nearly $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund amid bipartisan concerns and a temporary court ruling against it.
- Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer spearheaded efforts to eliminate what Democrats call a 'slush fund' for Trump's allies, arguing it presents a threat to constitutional order and congressional authority.
- Several Republicans, including Senator Bill Cassidy, proposed amendments to eliminate the fund, while Trump declined Wednesday to say whether it was actually terminated, creating confusion about its status.
- Republicans advanced the immigration bill without language formally killing the fund after hours of talks between GOP leaders and Republican holdouts, prioritizing Trump's legislative agenda early Friday.
- Five months before the November midterm elections, the fund remains temporarily blocked by court, but its future depends on ongoing litigation and whether Trump's administration will pursue it further.
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KTENCongress didn’t kill Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund. So where does it stand?
Senate Republicans rejected multiple attempts to kill President Donald Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund amid bipartisan concerns and a temporary court ruling against it.
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GOP refuses to ban fund
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GOP refuses to ban Trump fund
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.
Tulsa World
GOP refuses to ban 'anti-weaponization' fund
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.
Trump slush fund collapse shows GOP constrains work
It was a public outcry that came to encompass even some GOP senators that killed Donald Trump’s nutty $1.776 billion so-called anti-weaponization slush fund – the result of his laughable lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and less comical settlement…
How The GOP Revolted Against Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund
WASHINGTON—Todd Blanche’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” was a dream come true for conservatives furious over the prosecution of Americans under President Joe Biden. President Donald Trump repeatedly professed himself delighted with the fund, Vice President JD Vance defended it from the briefing room podium, and, for a moment, it seemed that victims of the Biden administration’s lawfare might get compensated. Only a few weeks later, the Anti-Weaponi…
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