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Posted on 05/21/2026 5:02:53 PM PDT by Red Badger
The Senate GOP on Thursday delayed the reconciliation vote to fund ICE and Border Patrol – and Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted it is a political hit against President Trump.
The Senators will be on recess until June.
Last week, the Senate Parliamentarian struck down three key provisions of the Senate’s reconciliation bill
The House of Representatives previously passed the Senate-approved package to fund the Department of Homeland Security by voice vote, ending the 75-day shutdown.
ICE and Border Patrol were to be funded separately through a reconciliation package.
Senate Republicans put together a $72 billion reconciliation package to fund ICE and Border Patrol – however, GOP Senators had to go back to Elizabeth MacDonough, the Obama-era Senate Parliamentarian with new language.
The new reconciliation package stalled after lawmakers brought up concerns over funding for Secret Service.
The Republican Senators delayed the reconciliation vote because of the DOJ weaponization fund.
McConnell lashed out at Trump and Blanche and said, “So the nation’s top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops? Utterly stupid, morally wrong – Take your pick.”
“Senate Republicans said they will not be voting on a reconciliation package to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration agencies on Thursday, delaying consideration of the measure in the face of opposition to the Justice Department’s new “anti-weaponization” fund and security funding tied to the White House ballroom,” CBS News reported.
“Senate Republicans’ $72 billion package hit a snag when members in both chambers began voicing concerns about the inclusion of $1 billion in Secret Service security funding, including for the president’s East Wing Modernization Project that features plans for a massive ballroom. Senators told reporters earlier in the week that they expected the Secret Service funding to be stripped from the broader package,” the outlet reported.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted that Thursday’s decision to delay the reconciliation vote is also a political hit against President Trump.
Thune told reporters that Senate Republicans are responding to Trump’s snubs and endorsements.
“It’s hard to divorce anything that happens here from what’s happening in political atmosphere around us,” Thune said, according to Punchbowl News. “You can’t disconnect those things.”
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Thune needs to be Gitmo’d for treason.
vacation from what? recess after recess after recess...yeah, we noticed how Do Nothing they are.
Vacation again??? My God, this Thune guy is a straight-up villain.
What a petty little scumbag. This is spite for Cornyn. Well the base despises Cornyn but that means nothing to the party leaders.
Cause and effect. Action and reaction.
Where are 5 Senators to oust this obvious dem scumbag?
Because what that s**thead wants is more important that what the American people want.
“We want to be losers on our terms.”
John Thune, AKA “Tom Daschle, Jr.,” is the classic RINO.
Absolutely worthless. He loves the swamp.
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President Trump will win this battle of wills, in the end.
HOW MANY DAYS DO THESE JERKS ACTUALLY WORK???
HOW ABOUT TYING THEIR PAYCHECKS TO THEIR ATTENDANCE & ACTUALLY WORKING?
It’s obvious at this point, that John Thune does not have the skills required to be majority leader.
We need to move on from this quickly.
They make their own rules, per The Constitution.
What you ask would require a Constitutional Amendment.............
I’m confused again. I thought:
Thune was a repooblican.
Thune was working for Americans
ICE was already funded for three years by OBBB
DIDN’T THESE LAZY BASTARDS JUST GET BACK FROM VACATION?
In the meantime, CBP and ICE personnel and their families suffer...................
They need a vacation from their vacation...............
That remains to be seen. Knowing Trump’s proclivity for name calling and threats, Thune may just block all Trump’s projects for the rest of the term..............
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