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Senate Republicans delayed a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill amid GOP frustration over a White House security provision and DOJ settlement fund.
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00:00It's Benzinga, bringing Wall Street to Main Street.
00:02Senate Republicans departed Washington on Thursday without voting on a roughly $70 billion
00:07immigration enforcement funding bill, according to AP. The bill stalled over a $1 billion White
00:13House security provision that included money for Trump's ballroom and a new $1.776 billion
00:20Justice Department settlement fund to compensate Trump allies who claim political prosecution.
00:25A tense Thursday meeting with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche over the settlement
00:30deepened GOP frustration. Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced the vote would be delayed
00:36until the week of June 1st, missing Trump's self-imposed deadline. Senator Mitch McConnell
00:42called the settlement fund utterly stupid, morally wrong. Democrats said they would force amendment
00:48votes to block the fund or restrict payments to January 6th attackers. For all things money,
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