WASHINGTON — The $70 billion legislation to reopen the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is heading for a vote in the House after the Senate passed it on Friday.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who is not up for reelection this year, was the only Republican to oppose it over the “Anti-Weaponization” $1.8 billion settlement fund.
“The notion that anyone who violently beat police officers on Jan. 6 should get a dime of taxpayer dollars is so abhorrent to the American people we are going to fight it tooth and nail,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told CNN.
We cannot trust the Trump administration to abolish their corrupt $1.8 billion slush fund.
Congress must kill it by legislation.
Permanently.
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— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) June 3, 2026
There was also controversy over a $1 billion proposal for the U.S. Secret Service to improve security at the White House, including the new ballroom.
Since January, Democrats have been calling for DHS reform at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol.
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Yes, we did.
Yes, we do.
Yes, they are. https://t.co/vMKwnac0gJ
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) May 29, 2026
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