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- Senate rejected President Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion Jan. 6 compensation proposal and delayed the budget vote.
- Sen. Thom Tillis, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and GOP members joined Democrats to block the fund, Tillis calling it a “payout for punks” and Mitch McConnell calling it “utterly stupid, morally wrong.”
- Sen. Bill Cassidy, after losing a primary to a Trump-backed challenger, criticized Trump and voted with Democrats on the Iran war powers resolution.
