Speaker Johnson says anti-weaponization fund ‘off the table,’ citing difficult vote margins

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that he told President Trump his proposed “anti-weaponization” settlement fund made it difficult for Republicans to push critical legislation through Congress, and that he believed the fund was now “off the table.”

“I told him that it was a difficult prospect right now, given our vote tallies,” Johnson told reporters.

Johnson had met with Trump at the White House on Monday to discuss how to pass a budget reconciliation bill to fund immigration and border enforcement with only Republican votes. Several Republicans in the Senate were outraged about the fund, and the uproar forced Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to send lawmakers home for the Memorial Day recess without passing the reconciliation bill.

The Department of Justice later on Monday said that it would abide by a court order to not proceed with the its $1.8........

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