Trump, Senate and The Republicans
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Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is criticizing President Donald Trump’s “no hurry” approach to ending the Iran war, arguing that the conflict needs a clear resolution as Congress grows more uneasy over its costs,
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday said his party "will launch a coordinated effort to kill" President Donald Trump's "Anti-Weaponization Fund," adding that Democrats will force Republicans to vote on the fund.
Opposition to the $1.8 billion Justice Department fund, which critics call a "slush fund," helped grind Senate floor action to a halt last month.
Democrats hope to shame a handful of Republicans into withholding support for the ballroom, or at least force them to take politically damaging votes to back the plan that Trump repeatedly promised would not cost taxpayers a dime.
The Senate rejected an amendment blocking Trump’s payout fund. Donors to Trump’s ballroom received $50 billion in government contracts. The Kennedy Center ordered staff to remove Trump’s name from the building.
Republicans went into Memorial Day holiday warning that ICE funding would be endangered by the president’s demand for a DOJ ‘anti-weaponization fund’ that could payout to Jan. 6 rioters