Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., filed a court brief Thursday supporting a lawsuit seeking to block implementation of the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. The bipartisan brief was filed as the Senate voted on a measure to fund immigration enforcement, and where senators on both sides of the aisle have sought […]
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Bipartisan brief calls $1.8 billion fund a ‘dire threat’ to the constitutional order and Congress
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., leaves the Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting Tuesday in the Capitol. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Posted June 4, 2026 at 1:53pm
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The lawsuit alleges that the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is politically discriminatory.
