The Senate began a voting marathon on Thursday as it worked toward passing a $70 billion budget reconciliation package that would fund immigration enforcement agencies. Lawmakers considered multiple amendments during the process, with vulnerable Republicans breaking with their party on some votes.
Senate Republicans defeated an amendment sponsored by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York by a vote of 49 to 50. The amendment would have prohibited the Department of Justice from establishing a $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. Senator Susan Collins of Maine cast her 10,000th consecutive Senate vote during the proceedings, voting for a Democratic motion to send the package back to the Judiciary Committee.