A GOP reconciliation bill for immigration enforcement appeared to be skating on thin ice Thursday night as the House suddenly left town for the week and lawmakers continued to wrangle over a Justice Department “anti-weaponization” fund.
Senate opponents of the nearly $1.8 billion fund — derided by critics as a “slush fund” for President Donald Trump’s loyalists who broke the law — were eager to adopt an amendment to the bill from Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., that would prohibit payments from the fund. They were working with the Senate parliamentarian to see if the amendment could be adopted with a simple-majority vote instead of a 60-vote threshold to make it easier to win approval.
