{"id":2605578,"date":"2026-05-21T15:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-white-house-meeting-canceled-over-anti-weaponization-fund\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:40:29","slug":"gop-white-house-meeting-canceled-over-anti-weaponization-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-white-house-meeting-canceled-over-anti-weaponization-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP White House meeting canceled over \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-white-house-meeting-canceled-over-anti-weaponization-fund%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2605578&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A planned White House meeting between GOP lawmakers and the Trump governance on a $70 billion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-revenge-tour-could-hurt-his-agenda-in-congress\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s revenge tour could hurt his agenda in Congress\">party-line immigration bill<\/a> was canceled Thursday amid Republican backlash over the administration\u2019s new \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund and White House security upgrade money. The Senate postponed its vote on the immigration bill until after the Memorial Day recess, pushing the meeting and perhaps shifting the legislative timeline beyond President Trump\u2019s June 1 deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Thursday, Republican senators met for over two hours with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, but GOP aides said the briefing did not ease concerns. Republicans also cited issues with official guidance on who could recieve compensation from the fund, including lawmakers whose phone data was reportedly subpoenaed during Biden-era investigations. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told republicans the vote on the enforcement funding was canceled.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy also includes the security upgrades portion of the package,which critics say could benefit Trump\u2019s privately funded East Wing ballroom project. House Republicans echoed concerns as well: some opposed moving the fund forward, and others plan to introduce legislation to eliminate it entirely.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a> meeting with GOP lawmakers to discuss a $70 billion party-line immigration bill was canceled on Thursday amid uproar from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"926\">Republicans<\/a> over the Trump administration\u2019s \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund and money for White House security upgrades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting was scrapped after the Senate postponed a vote on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-senators-threaten-to-sink-bipartisan-infrastructure-plan-after-bidens-ultimatum\/\" title=\"... Threaten To Sink Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan After Biden\u2019s Ultimatum\">party-line bill<\/a> until after its Memorial Day recess, according to two sources familiar with the situation. The meeting was set to be attended by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and a handful of Republican senators.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578284\/trump-killed-by-fake-news-sons-wedding-attendance\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump jokes he\u2019ll get \u2018killed\u2019 by \u2018the fake news\u2019 for attending son\u2019s wedding<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578324\/arts-commission-approve-plan-trump-triumphal-arch\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Arts commission approves plans for Trump\u2019s triumphal arch<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578169\/trump-denies-aircraft-carrier-intimidate-cuba\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump denies aircraft carrier strike group deployment is meant to intimidate Cuba<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier Thursday, Republican senators met with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche over concerns surrounding the \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund established on Monday. The meeting lasted over two hours, and Republican senators emerged declining to comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senior GOP aide told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Blanche\u2019s briefing had failed to assuage GOP senators. The mood with GOP senators further soured over the White House\u2019s official guidance on who could be compensated by the fund, including lawmakers who had their cellphone data subpoenaed during Biden-era investigations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scheduling shift comes despite a June 1 deadline from President Donald Trump to get the legislation across the finish line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senior GOP aide blamed the impasse on the Trump administration for announcing the creation of the fund this week, as lawmakers were already antsy about the immigration bill, which includes $1 billion for White House security upgrades. The security funding has come under fire because a portion of it is set to benefit Trump\u2019s under-construction East Wing ballroom, which is privately funded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over on the House side, GOP lawmakers were just as concerned about the fund. Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA), who caucuses with Republicans, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> he did not want to see the fund move forward. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said the fund was \u201cnot right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY), meanwhile, are set to introduce a bill to kill the fund entirely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4574406\/thune-not-fan-trump-1-8-billion-anti-weaponization-fund\/\"><strong>THUNE: \u2018I DON\u2019T SEE A PURPOSE IN DOJ\u2019S $1.776 BILLION \u2018LAWFARE\u2019 COMPENSATION FUND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both the House and Senate are to leave Washington on Thursday until for a scheduled Memorial Day recess. The House was initially supposed to hold votes on Friday but canceled following the Senate\u2019s decision to punt on the immigration bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) said there was \u201cno emergency\u201d for Congress to pass the party-line bill before Trump\u2019s self-imposed June 1 deadline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A White House GOP meeting was canceled over uproar on an \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund and White House security upgrades<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2605579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26135583059211-e1779288924458.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[63030,36350,6203,80083,32127],"class_list":["post-2605578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-anti-weaponization","tag-campaign-funding","tag-gop","tag-meeting-canceled","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26135583059211-e1779288924458.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605578"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605582,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605578\/revisions\/2605582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}