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With progress stalled, GOP leaders gave up hopes of passing the package by the June 1 deadline set by the president and instead headed home for their Memorial Day recess. "We're going home," Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana told reporters.

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‘We’re Going Home’: GOP Cancels Votes After Revolt Over Trump Settlement Fund | The Fiscal Times Skip to main content Main navigation Free Newsletter | Featured | Budget | Taxes | Health Care | Social Security | The Debt ‘We’re Going Home’: GOP Cancels Votes After Revolt Over Trump Settlement Fund By Yuval Rosenberg and Michael Rainey and Declan Cody Thursday, May 21, 2026 Good Thursday evening! It has been 487 days since President Trump returned to the White House, meaning that we are now a third of the way through his second term. And while Trump has repeatedly demonstrated in recent days that he still holds massive sway over Republican voters, he's running into more trouble with lawmakers in his own party, many of whom worry about facing angry voters in November - and fear that Trump and White House officials don't appear to care all that much about maintaining GOP control of Congress. "Our majority is melting down before our eyes," one unnamed Republican senator reportedly wrote in a text to Punchbowl News . Here's the latest. 'We're Going Home': GOP Cancels Votes After Revolt Over Trump Settlement Fund Senate Republican leaders on Thursday scrapped a planned vote on a $70-plus billion immigration-enforcement funding package after intraparty clashes over the Trump administration's politically toxic $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund and money for President Trump's ballroom. Republican leaders had been aiming to kick off a marathon vote-a-rama on the funding package and proposed amendments, but they ran into disputes on multiple fronts as they raced to finalize the legislative text and secure the 50 votes needed to pass the bill. With progress stalled, GOP leaders gave up hopes of passing the package by the June 1 deadline set by the president and instead headed home for their Memorial Day recess. "We're going home," Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana told reporters. Republicans were already expected to abandon a plan to include $1 billion in Secret Service funding, including some $220 million to secure President Trump's new ballroom project, as part of their bill. An internal GOP backlash to the proposed funding meant that it likely wouldn't have the votes needed to pass. The provision also ran into trouble with the Senate parliamentarian, who ruled over the weekend that it failed to comply with the chamber's rules for the partisan budget reconciliation process Republicans are using to pass the legislation. Then a firestorm of questions over the Justice Department's announced creation of a $1.776 billion settlement fund raised additional concerns among lawmakers, further complicating the scramble to enact the reconciliation bill. Critics charge that the deal essentially provides a taxpayer-funded slush fund for the president and his allies and amounts to blatant self-dealing. Angry GOP senators reportedly voiced their objections to the fund during a nearly two-hour meeting Thursday with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump's

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