Senate GOP leaders are already dealing with snags on the reconciliation bill funding ICE and Border Patrol.
The first vote of the vote-a-rama Thursday exposed the difficult path ahead for Republican leaders, with some of their vulnerable members eager to support Democratic efforts to restrict the “anti-weaponization” fund.
The amendment, from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, would eliminate the “anti-weaponization” fund. Vulnerable GOP Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Dan Sullivan (Alaska) and Jon Husted (Ohio) voted for it. But the amendment narrowly failed because Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a fierce critic of the fund, ended up opposing it after holding out for nearly three hours.
