The Senate had planned to vote on a bill to fund ICE and the Border Patrol through the end of Trump’s term but scuttled it after the president sought to add $1.8 billion for the DOJ fund.

Democratic senators are planning to force a vote on President Donald Trump’s new $1.776 billion settlement fund to compensate his political allies.

Republicans in the Senate went home earlier than scheduled, abandoning a key budget vote so they wouldn’t also have to vote on the slush fund.

Senate leaders decided to delay a vote after a meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that lasted over two hours.