Senate prepares to move forward with reconciliation bill after lengthy delay
Summary
Senate Republicans are preparing to move forward with a bill to fund Homeland Security’s immigration agencies after delays caused by disagreements over a Justice Department fund. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department will stop the controversial "anti-weaponization" fund, which helped Republicans support the funding package.Key Facts
- Senate Republicans plan to begin work on a immigration funding bill as soon as Wednesday.
- The bill uses a process called budget reconciliation, allowing it to pass with a simple majority instead of 60 votes.
- The Justice Department’s "anti-weaponization" fund would have paid people who said the government wrongly targeted them.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress that the fund is being stopped and will not move forward.
- Some Republican senators remain cautious and want more proof the fund will end.
- The proposed bill includes $72 billion to fund immigration agencies through 2029.
- The bill originally included $1 billion for Secret Service security upgrades, including for President Trump’s East Wing renovation, but this part might be removed.
- Republicans and Democrats have disagreed for months over immigration funding; Republicans are now pushing ahead mostly on their own.
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