Trump agenda faces Senate obstacle course
President Donald Trump's agenda faced fresh challenges in the U.S. Senate on June 4, with lawmakers taking a raft of votes around contentious policy moves by the president that have whipped up Republican anxiety in recent weeks.
Lawmakers were considering a $70 billion bill that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through fiscal 2029, handing Trump a major victory on one of his signature issues.
But before final passage, senators were plowing through an hours-long series of amendment votes known as a "vote-a-rama" — a chaotic process allowing lawmakers to force the opposite party to go on the record on politically sensitive issues.
For Trump, that meant renewed scrutiny of controversies that have already unsettled his party's lawmakers: a proposed "anti-weaponization" fund for allies who claim they were unfairly targeted by the government and a deal limiting scrutiny of the president's taxes.
