The Trump administration announced it was scrapping a $1.8 billion settlement fund meant to compensate the president’s allies who claim to have been politically prosecuted. Democrats promised to force multiple votes on the $1.8 billion settlement fund during consideration of the immigration enforcement bill. Accounts differ on the fund’s status and amount: the Justice Department said it would comply with a court order pausing the implementation of a $1.776 billion settlement fund, according to Bluesky. Senate Republicans resisted a Democratic attempt to block the settlement fund during consideration of a $70 billion immigration enforcement package, which passed by a vote of 52-47 and funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement and border patrol through the remainder of Trump’s term, according to CNN. Republicans approved the $70 billion immigration enforcement package without killing the $1.8 billion Justice Department fund, according to CNN. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said, 'Democrats won’t settle for half measures. We’re going to kill the slush fund permanently and we are going to bury it and bury it deep,' according to ABC News. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters, 'I can’t predict how it comes out,' according to GDELt. President Donald Trump welcomed Republican senators for lunch in the newly renovated Rose Garden Club, where his favored songs 'YMCA' and 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' played over the new sound system, according to ABC7NY. Construction was underway on the new White House ballroom, according to ABC7NY. Trump said, 'We have the hottest country anywhere in the world, which tells you about leadership,' according to ABC7NY. Federal workers, including 1,400 employees of the agency overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile, were furloughed, according to ABC7NY.