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华盛顿讯 — 国会本周将从休会期返回，继续处理议员们离会前未完成的工作。此前，因共和党议员就特朗普政府的“反武器化”基金发起反抗，共和党领导人被迫放弃为移民机构提供资金的计划。
参议院共和党人上个月曾准备通过预算和解程序，启动一系列马拉松式投票，为国土安全部的移民执法机构提供资金。尽管参议院共和党人看起来基本准备好通过这项长期寻求的拨款，但在最后时刻公布的这项有争议的司法部基金破坏了推进路径。
这项规模达17.76亿美元的基金旨在为那些声称法律体系“武器化”针对自己的人提供纳税人资助的赔偿。作为特朗普总统起诉国税局一案和解协议的一部分设立的该基金，已经在共和党内部造成分歧，尤其是在一些特朗普盟友以及因参与2021年1月6日国会山骚乱被指控的人表示急于提交索赔申请后，分歧进一步加剧。
在一场激烈的党团会议上，参议院共和党人向代理司法部长托德·布兰奇表达了对该基金的担忧，布兰奇此前被派去安抚共和党人的疑虑。得克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹称，这是“我在参议院任职期间见过的最激烈的会议之一”。
民主党人曾誓言，在参议院针对720亿美元移民执法方案的马拉松式投票中，就该基金提出针对性修正案并强制投票，这让共和党人的推进路径变得复杂。离开共和党会议后，多名共和党人表示他们存在保留意见，对该基金的运作方式、谁可能从中获得拨款，以及防止袭击执法人员的人获得赔偿的可能保障措施等问题仍存疑虑。
原定于6月1日前提交总统签署的国土安全部拨款计划被取消，参议员们迅速散会。
如今，参议院将于周一复会，共和党人仍被该基金以及如何推进工作所困扰。他们计划就和解法案进行“投票狂欢”，但司法部基金仍有待解决——无论是由行政部门还是参议院来处理。
前副总统迈克·彭斯曾是2021年1月6日骚乱者的袭击目标，他周日在《面向全国》节目中表示，他希望政府彻底取消该基金。彭斯说，他“对参议院中有如此多共和党人公开反对该基金感到鼓舞”。
随着参议院即将复会，民主党人准备加大对司法部基金的反对力度。参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默周一在一封“致同事”的信中承诺，将发起协调一致的努力来废除该基金。他说：“无论共和党人做什么，我们都会迫使他们投票。”
“没有退路可走。没有虚假的保障措施或幕后承诺可以作为遮羞布，”舒默在信中写道。“任何司法部的声明都不能让这种腐败变得合理。”
该基金在众议院也遭到了反对，上个月参议院就和解法案采取行动后，众议院原本计划留会跟进，但该计划很快被取消。一些共和党人，比如宾夕法尼亚州众议员布莱恩·菲茨帕特里克，对“反武器化”基金表示“紧急担忧”。在给布兰奇的一封信中，菲茨帕特里克表示，该基金“代表着我们机构透明度和对美国纳税人承诺的危险倒退”。
国会此次复会之际，上周一名联邦法官暂时禁止司法部推进该基金的相关工作。但在面临几项实施挑战的情况下，司法部仍对该基金的合法性表示信心。
与此同时，本周参众两院还将面临另一场争斗，与伊朗的战争——以及可能的和平计划——让议员们压力重重。
众议院上个月休会前，因明显没有足够票数击败该决议，突然取消了一项限制特朗普对伊朗战争权力的投票。预计众议院本周将就此进行投票。上月早些时候的一次投票以212票对212票的平局未能获得多数支持。当时有三名共和党人支持该决议，本周可能会有更多共和党人加入他们的阵营。
在参议院，共和党领导人将寻求提高出席率，以阻止民主党主导的战争权力议案取得更多进展。该议案已经拉拢了几名共和党议员，并于上月以50票对47票的结果从委员会中放行一项决议。当时有三名共和党参议员缺席。
Congress returns with GOP agenda stalled over DOJ’s “anti-weaponization” fund
June 1, 2026 / 9:21 AM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Congress is returning from recess this week to resume work that went unfinished before lawmakers left town, when GOP leaders were forced to scrap plans to fund immigration agencies after a Republican revolt over the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund.
Senate Republicans were preparing to begin a marathon vote series to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement agencies last month through the budget reconciliation process. And although Senate Republicans appeared largely ready to pass the long-sought funds, the announcement of the controversial DOJ fund at the eleventh hour imperiled the path forward.
The $1.776 billion fund aims to provide taxpayer-funded payouts to people who allege the legal system has been “weaponized” against them. Established as part of a settlement of a suit by President Trump against the IRS, the fund has divided Republicans, especially as some Trump allies and people charged for their involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol have expressed eagerness to submit claims.
During a heated conference meeting, Senate Republicans expressed consternation over the fund to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who had been deployed to smooth over GOP concerns. GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas called it “one of the roughest meetings I’ve seen in my entire time in the Senate.”
Democrats had vowed to force votes on amendments targeting the fund during the Senate’s marathon vote series on the $72 billion immigration enforcement package, complicating the path forward for Republicans. Leaving the GOP meeting, a number of Republicans indicated they had reservations, with lingering questions about how the fund will operate and who might receive payments from it, along with possible guardrails to prevent people who assaulted law enforcement from being compensated.
Plans to move forward with the DHS funding, which the president wanted on his desk by June 1, were scrapped, and senators headed quickly for the exits.
Now, as the Senate returns Monday, Republicans remain bedeviled by the fund and how to move forward. As they look to proceed with a “vote-a-rama” on the reconciliation package, the DOJ fund still remains to be addressed — whether by the administration or by the Senate.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who was a target of rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, said on “Face the Nation” on Sunday that he hopes the administration will drop the fund entirely. Pence said he’s been “heartened by the number of Republicans in the Senate who have spoken out against it.”
With the Senate set to reconvene, Democrats are poised to ramp up their opposition to the DOJ fund. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged in a “Dear Colleague” letter Monday to launch a coordinated effort to quash the fund. He said “no matter what Republicans do, we will force them to vote.”
“There will be no escape hatch. No fake guardrails or backroom promises to hide behind,” Schumer wrote in the letter. “No Justice Department announcement that makes this corruption acceptable.”
The fund has also sparked pushback in the House, where plans to remain in town after Senate action on the reconciliation package were quickly canceled last month. Some Republicans, like Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, expressed “urgent concern” about the anti-weaponization fund. In a letter to Blanche, Fitzpatrick said it “represents a dangerous backsliding in the transparency of our institutions and our commitment to the American taxpayer.”
Congress’ return comes after a federal judge temporarily barred the Justice Department from moving forward with work on the fund last week. But the DOJ has continued to express confidence in the fund’s legality amid a handful of challenges to its implementation.
Meanwhile, another fight is hanging over both chambers this week as the war with Iran — and a possible peace plan — weighs on lawmakers.
The House abruptly canceled a vote on reining in Mr. Trump’s war powers in Iran before leaving town for recess last month, when it became clear that Republicans didn’t have the votes to defeat the resolution. The chamber is now expected to vote this week. A vote earlier last month fell just short of a majority in a 212-212 split. At the time, three Republicans backed the resolution, and more could join them this week.
In the Senate, GOP leaders will be looking to bolster attendance to ward off more progress on a Democrat-led war powers push that has successfully siphoned off a handful of Republicans, and resulted in a resolution being discharged from committee in a 50-47 vote last month. Three Republican senators were absent.