Senate punts immigration vote over ‘anti-weaponization’ fund outrage
The Senate postponed a vote on $70 billion in immigration enforcement funding until after the Memorial day recess. Reports say the plan changed after Republicans expressed unease about the Justice Department’s new “anti-weaponization” fund, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune told fellow Republicans the vote had been canceled. The intended marathon session of votes also did not materialize following a more-than-two-hour meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, after which Republican senators said no votes would occur that day.
The Senate will not vote on billions in immigration enforcement money until after the Memorial Day recess, a dramatic shift in plans fueled by Republican discomfort over the Justice Department’s new “anti-weaponization” fund.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told Republicans on Thursday that a vote on the $70 billion in enforcement money had been canceled, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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The tentative plan had been to start a marathon session of votes later that day, but the conference punted after a meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that lasted more than two hours. Leaving the meeting, Republican senators told reporters that no votes would be held that day.
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