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Now: @kim.senate.gov introduced an amendment that would hold ICE accountable for the horrible conditions at Delaney Hall. “What I saw over this past week were terrible conditions… We need to make sure that we are holding ICE accountable”

Senate Republicans would rather fund ICE and CBP with no reforms than pass @kim.senate.gov's amendment that would audit conditions at Delaney Hall immigration detention center.

“This vote should be 100-0, because those who attack our democracy are not victims, they are criminals.” @hickenlooper.senate.gov proposed an amendment to ban use of federal funds to pay anyone convicted of election crimes Senate Republicans opposed it.

Senate Republicans just tried to sneak the SAVE America Act into their ICE funding bill Senate Democrats will not let voter suppression legislation pass now OR EVER. @padilla.senate.gov with the facts.

Trump’s slush fund will pay off his political allies using YOUR taxpayer dollars. Do you think that's fair? I don't. — @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social

Bill Pulte is completely unqualified to be Director of National Intelligence. That’s why Senate Democrats introduced an amendment to block unfit nominees from serving as our DNI @markwarner.bsky.social: “This role is too important to be filled by a part-time unqualified individual.”

BREAKING: Republicans blocked @hassan.senate.gov’s amendment to build 7 million new, affordable homes. “As families struggle with high costs, we should be focused on making life more affordable for American families—starting with housing.”

“Instead of slush funds for criminals and corrupt ballrooms, let's do something useful. Let's ban insurance companies from denying or delaying medically necessary health care to Americans.” —@ossoff.senate.gov

Republicans want to give Trump’s rogue police force an additional $70 billion. That same money could be used to build and preserve 2.1 million homes to help tackle America’s housing crisis. @reed.senate.gov

Now: @merkley.senate.gov just put forward an amendment to kill Trump's taxpayer funded billion-dollar ballroom. The Senate GOP once again voted against the American people and bowed down to Trump.

Republicans want to give $70 BILLION to ICE and CBP. “It should be going to improve the lives of Americans.” @schiff.senate.gov

Donald Trump loves his $2 billion slush fund for cop beaters. Senate Democrats would rather use that money to lower costs for American families and are putting Republicans on the record. @markey.senate.gov

Senate Republicans should show some backbone and vote with Democrats to stop Trump’s blatant corruption. —@booker.senate.gov

Senate Democrats are going to force votes and put Republicans on the record over Trump’s corrupt $2 billion slush fund. Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social: “There will be a vote on the Senate floor to permanently ban a police beaters fund like this, and we'll see if Republicans are really serious.”

Gas prices are up. Grocery prices are up. Housing costs are up. And the business of this Republican-led Senate is to give tax breaks to billionaires and $70 billion more to ICE and Border Patrol. How does that possibly serve America? @merkley.senate.gov

Not only does Trump want a slush fund for insurrectionists and cronies, he’s also giving himself a get-out-of-jail-free card for his rampant tax cheating. Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social is right—both need to end.

REMINDER: This is what the Senate GOP is fighting to shovel an additional $70 billion dollars toward.

Tomorrow, Republicans are forcing through another $70 billion for ICE and CBP. Legal residents still locked in detention camps. Businesses closed. Parents grabbed from their kids. Yet STILL NO REFORMS. @smith.senate.gov: "This is not how our democracy is supposed to work."

@murray.senate.gov to Sec. Rubio on Trump’s budget request: The administration wants to spend $1.5 trillion on war and not a cent for childcare or to make healthcare more affordable.

If Senate Republicans truly want to stop corruption, then they should join Senate Democrats in supporting legislation to block the blatantly corrupt tax immunity scheme for Trump’s family and permanently ban the $2 billion slush fund. Sen. @vanhollen.senate.gov

As Republicans prepare to pass their party-line bill to fund Trump’s rogue police forces with no accountability, Democrats will force votes to prohibit the MAGA slush fund from being created and ensure Trump’s corrupt IRS settlement does not happen. @booker.senate.gov

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants you to believe we have the “makings of one of the strongest economies in history.” @warnock.senate.gov: “You’re telling Americans, it is not so bad … they can’t afford anything.”

Farmers are paying sky-high prices for fuel and fertilizer because of Trump’s reckless war in Iran. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent couldn’t seem less concerned. Via @smith.senate.gov

Watch @hassan.senate.gov lay out to multimillionaire Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that Americans are paying more at the grocery store, the gas pump, and for health care, and are losing jobs because of this administration’s policies.

“Every American is subject to audit except Donald Trump and his family. I think that’s absurd.” Senator @wyden.senate.gov confronts Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Trump’s corrupt IRS deal to give his family immunity from tax audits. WATCH:

$1 BILLION for Trump’s stupid-ass ballroom. The guy can’t even dance.

DHS ignored court orders 96 times. WATCH Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social ask Sec. Mullin point blank: will you comply going forward? He couldn't say yes. "If you are a Republican or Democrat on this committee, you should be really freaked out."

Republicans gave Trump's paramilitary force $200B then looked the other way when Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered in broad daylight. Democrats fought for reforms, but Republicans now want to fund it through the end of his presidency, no accountability. Via @murray.senate.gov:

Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on Trump’s MAGA slush fund: Democrats are going to force votes to say “regardless of what the court says, these kind of funds where the president is just trying to reward his political loyalists with your taxpayer dollars are illegal”

Trump appointing Bill Pulte as acting DNI is going to create a national security crisis. “Ultimately, the price is going to be paid by Americans.” It's going ripple through their lives at their kitchen table and in the security of American armed forces. Via @markey.senate.gov

“This president has set such an unbelievably low standard of conduct that it's critically important for us to remind our kids and our grandkids that this is not the expectation that the American people should have for the conduct by our president.” @bennet.senate.gov

You have to watch @booker.senate.gov grill Sec. Rubio on Trump’s lies about the Iran war. “The war is not over. The American people see how we are losing at the pump and with their costs and yet this thing still hasn’t been resolved.”

Sen. @vanhollen.senate.gov is right: Trump’s foreign policy is a DUMPSTER FIRE.

Watch Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social lay out how Trump’s reckless war in the Middle East has disrupted the global economy and is making life more expensive for Americans. “There is a cost to the Iranian economy but now there is a devastating cost to the U.S. economy.”

People are angry about what’s happening on our soil with our taxpayer dollars. It shouldn't be easier for ICE to deploy pepper spray and riot police than to provide medical care and food. Watch @kim.senate.gov on the chaos in Delaney Hall:

TODAY'S INFLATION REPORT: 📈 Prices up 3.8% — fastest in years 📈 Gas: $4.50/gallon nationally 📈 Groceries, clothes, rent — all up 📉 Your real wages: DOWN Their response: 🏛️ $1B White House ballroom 💰 $1.8B slush fund for allies 💣 A war nobody asked for

WATCH @kim.senate.gov break down Republicans’ priorities: $0 for health care. $0 for groceries. $0 for gas. Instead? A blank check for ICE and $1.8 billion for January 6th rioters.

The signal is clear: If you beat cops in service of the president’s agenda, not only do you serve no prison time but you’re going to get paid millions of dollars WATCH Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on Trump's corrupt slush fund:

Trump and his administration have no solution to skyrocketing gas prices, so they just keep promising they’ll come down “very quickly”….

Forget a $1 billion gold-encrusted, taxpayer-funded ballroom. What if we used that money to help millions of Americans instead?

Trump's Iran policy made things WORSE than before the war: • Sanctions lifted. • $14 billion for Iran in oil sales. • The Strait of Hormuz is Iran's leverage. • A more extreme regime. And Trump thinks he won? Via @booker.senate.gov

Sen. @vanhollen.senate.gov on Trump’s “deal” with Iran: "'When you're digging a hole, you should stop digging."

No relief for health care. No relief for groceries. No relief for your electric bill. But $1 billion for a ballroom and $1.8 billion for a corrupt slush fund. That's the Republican agenda. Via @welch.senate.gov

Americans are suffering under skyrocketing gas prices and the President of our country doesn’t give a damn.

WATCH: Senator Schatz is right—Americans are struggling to afford the basics. And instead of making life more affordable for people, Republicans are focused on quadrupling the size of ICE, building a golden ballroom, and giving taxpayer money to violent insurrectionists.

President Trump and Senate Republicans’ priorities are all out of whack. “People are hurting and this administration is acting as if the American people are their ATM.” —@bluntrochester.senate.gov

Trump’s $1.8B “anti-weaponization fund” is not about accountability. It’s corruption. It’s urgent. It’s dangerous. And we must stop it NOW. Yet Senate Republicans just BLOCKED @padilla.senate.gov's bill to bar insurrectionists from getting a government payout

Watch @merkley.senate.gov rip into Trump’s blatantly corrupt, taxpayer-funded slush fund for MAGA loyalists. “Think about any other country in the world where you've read about corruption. Have you read about a president giving himself $1.8 billion to hand out to his friends?!”

Senate Republicans should be on record if they believe taxpayer dollars should go into Trump’s MAGA slush fund to pay people who assaulted police officers on January 6th Watch @vanhollen.senate.gov explain how Senate Democrats will hold them accountable:

Trump is destroying our economy, destroying our health care, destroying the bank accounts of families who are barely staying above water as he enriches himself. Republicans are enabling him Democrats are going to hold them accountable @booker.senate.gov

Americans are getting crushed by rising costs, yet Trump is focused on his billion-dollar ballroom and $1.8 billion MAGA slush fund. Via @whitehouse.senate.gov

Trump and Republicans want to fund Trump’s billionaire ballroom with your tax dollars. Here’s how we would spend that $1 billion instead:

Trump finally said the quiet part out loud: he doesn’t care about the American people and their rising costs. Democrats will not stop fighting to drive down costs @alsobrooks.senate.gov with the facts:

Republicans are telling people there’s not enough money to help with rising grocery costs, hospital closures, affordable housing. Yet there’s enough money for a billion-dollar ballroom? To quadruple the size of ICE? To spend a billion dollars a day on war? Via Senator Brian Schatz

Senate Republicans want to push through $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol in a party-line bill instead of lowering grocery, energy or health care costs This won’t bring back jobs, or make our communities any safer “We shouldn't even be here today.” @cortezmasto.senate.gov

Republicans are stuck carrying Trump’s growing baggage: $2 billion slush fund for January 6th insurrectionists, tax amnesty deals, rising gas, diesel, and fertilizer costs because of Iran war. @whitehouse.senate.gov: When will Senate Republicans stand up to Trump?

Instead of lowering insulin costs or helping families afford food or college tuition, Senate Republicans want to increase funding for ICE at nearly four times their normal levels and give the president a billion-dollar ballroom. Via Sen. Brian Schatz

Donald Trump is looking out for himself, his ballroom, his corporate interests and his family while Americans are left with a Memorial Day picnic they can hardly afford. Via Sen. Amy Klobuchar

Trump talks about his billion-dollar ballroom. Yet where is he on your groceries? Where is he on the fact that your utilities are up 67%? Where is he on the ways that his tariff policy, his energy policy, his health care policy and his war have driven your costs up? @warren.senate.gov

Six Supreme Court Justices have damaged our democracy, but they do not have the last word. @klobuchar.senate.gov on the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais.

Donald Trump and Republicans are attempting to cling to power, not by addressing the cost of living that's crushing so many families across America, but by undermining our democracy, rigging electoral maps and gaming the system in their favor. Via @padilla.senate.gov

Instead of focusing on lowering costs, improving education, or bolstering public health, Trump is spending billions on his illegal war in Iran That only makes us less safe and drives up costs for millions of Americans. Via Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

For the 8th time, Senate Democrats are putting Republicans on the record and forcing a vote on an Iran War Powers Resolution. Watch @kaine.senate.gov lay out why this is so important:

@vanhollen.senate.gov asked a simple question: Will people convicted of assaulting Capitol Police officers be barred from receiving taxpayer money from Trump’s $1.8 billion political slush fund? Trump’s Acting AG Todd Blanche refused to say. WATCH:

Senator @coons.senate.gov on Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping: Trump has gone into these negotiations in the weakest position of any modern president.

Donald Trump is doing exactly the opposite of what he promised the American people. He said he would lower costs and drain the swamp, instead he is raising costs and he's trying personally to drain the Treasury into his pocket. Via @booker.senate.gov

HAPPENING NOW: For the seventh time, Senate Republicans have another chance to honor their constitutional responsibility. Its time for Senate Republicans do the right thing and support @merkley.senate.gov's Iran War Powers Resolution

Tomorrow, for the seventh time, Senate Republicans will be put on record if they will uphold the constitution or not. Will Senate Republicans do the right thing this week and support @merkley.senate.gov War Powers Resolution?

It’s up to Democrats to force this War Powers debate on a weekly basis, which we will continue to do until this war ends. Via @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Kash Patel cannot perform the duties being the FBI Director requires if he is incapacitated, and if he needs his staff to force entry into his home after getting drunk. WATCH: @vanhollen.senate.gov on reports of Patel’s behavior: “A gross dereliction of your duty and a betrayal of public trust.”

Trump and Republicans want taxpayers to pay a BILLION dollars for his gold-plated ballroom The ballroom that they promised for months “is taxpayer free” and “the government is paying nothing"

Trump’s war with Iran has not only been an embarrassment on the world stage, but Americans have been paying the price since it began. He refuses to admit this is a stalemate with no clear way out, trapping us in a conflict no one wanted in the first place. Via @booker.senate.gov

Republicans are totally disconnected from the high costs families are facing. Nearly $5 a gallon is not a “very small price to pay.” They cannot afford to take a road trip right now. It’s callous to suggest otherwise.

“Two weeks, maybe three.” “Three days.” “We’re ahead of schedule.” “Don’t rush me.” If the timeline keeps changing, there is no plan.

While Americans are feeling squeezed by the cost of living, Trump and Republicans are spending billions on a war that was plagued from the start. Via @schiff.senate.gov

Gas prices are almost 50% higher from the beginning of Trump’s war in Iran. Americans know who to blame for rising costs: Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.

Trump started his Iran war with: No rationale No plan No support from our allies No consultation with Congress That’s why Americans don’t support it. Via @kaine.senate.gov

WATCH Senator Mark Kelly press Sec. Hegseth on costs and timeline for the Iran war and get no real answers:

Watch @booker.senate.gov react to yesterday’s Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act: “We need to reclaim our democracy.”

Today, the Senate will vote on @schiff.senate.gov’s Iran War Powers resolution. Will Senate Republicans stand up to Donald Trump on the eve of the 60th day of the Iran war?

Trump promised to lower costs on day one. On day 464: An illegal war with Iran is costing $1BILLION a day Families are squeezed by rising grocery and housing costs Gas prices hit a new high @warren.senate.gov: “People are stretching themselves to the brink just to pay their bills.”

@booker.senate.gov calls on Republicans to stop doing nothing about Trump’s war in Iran: “Call for open hearings, ask how much this is costing American taxpayers, ask specifically what the president trying to achieve.”

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: The scoreboard is the price of gas. For one-third of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, even a couple months of $5–$6 gas fundamentally changes your life.

They know you can’t afford groceries or healthcare, yet Trump and Republicans want YOUR tax dollars to pay for their ballroom after months of promising to pay for it privately. Shame on them.

The Senate unanimously voted to fund DHS 33 days ago. Speaker Johnson is holding that bill hostage. “The real challenge for House Republicans is that they would rather keep DHS closed than rely on a bipartisan majority to open it.” —Senator Brian Schatz

House Republicans could fund DHS today. They should have done it over a month ago after the Senate unanimously passed funding. Via Sen. @murray.senate.gov

Trump campaigned on bringing costs down—specifically energy costs Now gas prices, jet fuel, and consumer costs are spiking thanks to Trump’s war in Iran

Senate Republicans would rather continue fund a lawless ICE than work on lowering health care and housing costs. Via @klobuchar.senate.gov

Watch @vanhollen.senate.gov explain how Republicans are focused on giving ICE more and more money without accountability instead of working with Democrats to lower costs and end the war in Iran.

Republicans “are not willing to do their jobs and live up to the sacrifice of our troops.” @duckworth.senate.gov on Republicans refusing to support Iran War Powers Resolutions week after week.

Watch @booker.senate.gov explain why Senate Democrats will continue to force Republicans to vote on War Powers Resolutions: “It is unconscionable and shameful for this Senate to not step up and do something, and that's why we're trying to force a debate onto the Senate floor.”

13 Americans killed in action. Hundreds wounded. Thousands of civilians dead. The regime in Tehran? Still intact. @ossoff.senate.gov on Trump’s war in Iran: “A huge self-inflicted wound.”

BREAKING: @ossoff.senate.gov offered an amendment to prevent insurance companies from denying or delaying medically necessary health care. Senate Republicans rejected it.

Republicans should address the issues that are a real crisis for American citizens right NOW, costs, inflation, gas prices, health insurance, but, instead, Republicans are about to send billions of dollars to an agency that is unconscionably out of control. Via Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

🚨Our Republican colleagues would rather give $70 BILLION more to ICE than Help Americans afford health care Build 700,000 affordable homes Provide childcare for 3.5 million children Those are the choices —@klobuchar.senate.gov

Everybody is concerned about the cost of living except Senate Republicans . Republicans are in charge of every branch of the government and have done exactly NOTHING to help regular people afford their lives. —Senator Schatz