🏛️ Politics May 5, 2026 · Newswire Editor

Senate Republicans Pander to Trump in Reconciliation Bill, Throwing Billions More to ICE and Trump’s Tacky Ballroom

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The Senate Judiciary Committee released its reconciliation bill, tacking $1 billion for Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project and $70 billion for Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP).Public Citizen Co-President Lisa Gilbert issued the following statement:“The idea of using a simple majority process to fund billions more in ICE cruelty is abhorrent, but now the Senate has piled corrupt absurdity on top of that inhumane move, by adding in 1 billion dollar

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