{"id":2612776,"date":"2026-06-10T06:34:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-grapple-with-fresh-trump-settlement-fund-fallout\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T06:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:35:59","slug":"republicans-grapple-with-fresh-trump-settlement-fund-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-grapple-with-fresh-trump-settlement-fund-fallout\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans grapple with fresh Trump settlement fund fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Frepublicans-grapple-with-fresh-trump-settlement-fund-fallout%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=2612776&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>The political fight over President Donald Trump\u2019s settlement fund has resurfaced on Capitol Hill even after the Department of justice said \u201clawfare\u201d victims would no longer receive federal payouts. Republicans have largely calmed down following DOJ\u2019s decision, but Democrats and some Republicans are trying to ensure the fund can\u2019t be brought back later.<\/p>\n<p>In the Senate,the dispute is tangled with negotiations over keeping the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-lists-tax-cut-demands-amid-funding-deal-talks-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"White ... lists tax cut demands amid ...ing deal talks - Washington Examiner\">government funded past<\/a> the fall. Democrats are pushing to block the fund through amendments and related votes in the appropriations process,while Republicans resist calling it a \u201cpoison pill.\u201d The broader impasse is also driven by disagreement over overall spending levels, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >notably defense priorities requested<\/a> by the president.<\/p>\n<p>In the House, rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) is collecting signatures for a petition to force a vote to block the fund outside the usual appropriations route. Independent Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) and Rep. Don bacon (R-NE) indicate they may join,which-along with Democrats-could bring the matter to the floor with only a bare majority.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers remain split on whether congressional action would matter,with some arguing a president could override limits through vetoes.Meanwhile, House and Senate attention is also focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-faces-immigration-test-amid-signs-of-softening-support-for-enforcement-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump faces immigration test amid signs of softening support for enforcement - Washington Examiner\">immigration enforcement funding<\/a> and the risk that GOP leadership will face additional political setbacks as rank-and-file members continue to bypass party-controlled procedures.  <\/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\">The political fallout over President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s settlement fund is spreading on Capitol Hill despite the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\">Department of Justice<\/a>\u2018s assurances that \u201clawfare\u201d victims will no longer receive payouts from the federal government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Partisan fighting over the fund is seeping into delicate Senate negotiations to keep the government open past the fall. Democrats want a vote to block its creation, something Republicans are rejecting as a \u201cpoison pill.\u201d In the House, Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4578449\/suozzi-fitzpatrick-trump-anti-weaponization-fund\/\">Brian Fitzpatrick<\/a> (R-PA) is gathering signatures to force a similar vote outside of the regular appropriations process.<\/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\/senate\/4600772\/senate-gop-house-third-reconciliation-bill-really-not-option\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Senate GOP cool to House push for third <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-infighting-consumes-democrats\/\" title=\"Border Infighting Consumes ...\">party-line budget bill<\/a>: \u2018Really not an option\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4599998\/gop-antsy-over-pulte-as-democrats-vow-fisa-revolt\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>GOP grows antsy over Trump intel pick as Democrats vow spy powers revolt<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4599811\/bernie-sanders-2028-president-bid\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bernie Sanders on possible 2028 bid: \u2018I suspect that\u2019s not going to happen\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DOJ shelved the fund last week, helping calm the nerves of Republicans upset over its expected payouts to Jan. 6 defendants. And for a moment, it seemed as though Republicans successfully moved past the controversy. The House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4601274\/house-republicans-pass-immigration-enforcement-funding-package-vote\/\">passed an immigration enforcement bill<\/a> that had been derailed by the fund on Tuesday, sending the bill to Trump\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet Democrats refuse to take the administration at its word and want to prevent Trump from resurrecting it at a later date. They\u2019re joined by a handful of Republicans who could soon end-run GOP leadership\u2019s control of the House floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA), an independent who caucuses with the Republicans, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> he would support Fitzpatrick\u2019s petition to block the fund, while Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said he\u2019s \u201cinclined\u201d to as well. It takes just a bare majority to bring the petition to the floor, and all Democrats are expected to join Fitzpatrick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The impasse in the Senate is less about the settlement fund. Appropriators are having trouble agreeing on how large the budget will be when Congress begins a new fiscal year in October, largely due to the president\u2019s request for more defense spending.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Democrats want the ability to offer amendments as part of that process, meaning a vote on the \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, told reporters that Democrats also want votes on Trump\u2019s planned East Wing ballroom, food assistance programs, and affordability measures that touch on gas and fertilizer prices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), a senior appropriator, predicted it would be \u201cvery hard\u201d for Democrats to support funding for the DOJ unless Congress passes the \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund language later this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The impasse is unfolding alongside fallout over the immigration enforcement vote. Senate Republican leaders managed to pass funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday without any new guardrails on the fund, as some rank-and-file members had been demanding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that does not mean Republicans feel comfortable with the DOJ\u2019s assurances that it\u2019s dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), who unsuccessfully tried to kill the fund during the Senate\u2019s \u201cvote-a-rama,\u201d sent a blistering email to colleagues on Monday warning that Republicans\u2019 failure to do so would be a \u201cpolitical albatross\u201d for them on the campaign trail this fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) suggested the only reason he wasn\u2019t supporting efforts to restrict the fund legislatively is because Trump could beat back any congressional attempt to do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWell, I mean, can you overcome a presidential veto? I don\u2019t know,\u201d Cornyn told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is among those questioning whether the DOJ will attempt to revive the fund at a later date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for the House, Fitzpatrick voted for the ICE funding bill as well, but his petition virtually guarantees the problem is not going away for Republican leadership. Fitzpatrick said Tuesday he is still ironing out language for his petition and that it could be released this week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to try our best,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Fitzpatrick is successful, it would be the latest black eye for House GOP leadership as rank-and-file Republicans keep thwarting their control of the floor with the petitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4597401\/how-thune-overcame-trump-roadblock-fund-ice\/\"><strong>HOW THUNE OVERCAME A TRUMP-SIZED ROADBLOCK TO FUNDING ICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) urged members of his party to go through the regular committee process if they want their legislation to get a vote, telling the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that\u2019s \u201cwhat the regular order is around here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou might not always get the result you want when you go to committee, but that is the legislative process, and that\u2019s what I surely urge we do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partisan fallout over Trump\u2019s settlement fund spreads as Senate talks stall and Democrats push for a vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3584,"featured_media":2612777,"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\/06\/senate-trump-lawfare-fund-appropriations.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32319,81115,32085],"class_list":["post-2612776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-donald-trump","tag-legal-settlements","tag-republican-party"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/senate-trump-lawfare-fund-appropriations.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612776","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\/3584"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2612776"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612780,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612776\/revisions\/2612780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2612777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2612776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2612776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2612776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}