Trump ballroom, 'slush fund' are flashpoints as Senate takes up DHS funding bill
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- "In the coming debate, the contrast between Democrats and Republicans will be on full display.
- Republicans are seeking to kickstart the process on the Senate floor to pass a $72 billion budget package that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Security.
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The Senate on Thursday is preparing to consider a package that would fund immigration enforcement agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, as Democrats look to force Republicans into tough votes on some of President Donald Trump's more controversial priorities.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Democrats will use a marathon voting procedure — known as a vote-a-rama — to force Republicans to weigh in on politically fraught topics, like Trump's proposed White House ballroom and a recently announced $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund that could be used to pay out the president's allies purportedly targeted by the Biden administration.