Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., slammed Senate Republicans after most of them voted to pass a bill to green light billions of dollars in funding for U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP).The measure passed 52-47, mostly along party lines, though one Republican, Sen.Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, joined Democrats in voting against passage."Tonight, Senate Republicans passed a rotten bill that makes their priorities painfully clear: more money for Donald Trump, more power for Donald Trump, and nothing to lower costs for working families.
Republicans refused to permanently outlaw Trump’s $2 billion slush fund, leaving taxpayers to rely on nothing more than a promise from Donald Trump’s personal fixer.That is not accountability.
That is a permission slip," Schumer said in a statement.TRUMP SCORES VICTORY DESPITE GROWING GOP DIVIDE AFTER SENATE PASSES $70B ICE, BORDER PATROL FUNDING PACKAGESenate Minority Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference following a weekly policy luncheon with Senate Democrats at the U.S.Capitol on June 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)"They pumped another $70 billion into Trump’s personal police force, defended Trump’s corrupt ballroom, and protected his slush fund for cop-beaters— all while voting against Senate Democrats’ efforts to lower the cost of housing, health care, gas, and childcare," Schumer continued."The Republican agenda is now written in black and white: a slush fund for Trump, tax dodges for Trump, a ballroom for Trump, and a private militia for Trump.
For hard-working Americans? Nothing.Democrats are fighting to put money back in Americans’ pockets.
Republicans are fighting to put more power, more money, and more weapons in Donald Trump’s hands."The Justice Department said in a statement last month "that as a part of the settlement agreement in President Donald J.Trump v.
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