{"id":715,"date":"2026-06-04T17:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=715"},"modified":"2026-06-04T17:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:42:14","slug":"senate-begins-voting-on-republican-bill-to-fund-ice-and-border-patrol-amid-gop-split-on-trumps-1-8b-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=715","title":{"rendered":"Senate begins voting on Republican bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol amid GOP split on Trump\u2019s $1.8B fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate began voting Thursday on a $70 billion bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through the end of President Donald Trump\u2019s term.<\/p>

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Republicans plan to pass the bill without any Democratic support. But first, they\u2019ll have to endure a \u201cvote-a-rama\u201d during which senators from either party can offer amendments, which Democrats will use to make Republicans take painful votes.<\/p>

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There were some early signs of trouble \u2014 and no clear end-game to pass the bill \u2014\u00a0as the first Democratic amendment was held open by GOP leaders for more than two hours.<\/p>

The amendment by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., seeks to ban the Justice Department from setting up a $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund sought by Trump, which has sparked bipartisan blowback. Democrats and some Republicans see it as a \u201cslush fund\u201d to funnel taxpayer money to pay Jan. 6 rioters and other Trump allies.<\/p>

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