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Durbin, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, asked acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to provide more details about Trump's $1.8B “anti-weaponization” fund.

The Senate had planned to vote on a bill to fund ICE and border patrol through the end of Trump’s term but scuttled it after the president sought to add $1.8 billion for the DOJ fund.

No commissioners have been chosen, a requirement before claims can be processed, an administration official told NBC News. The Justice Department says millions are eligible.

The minority leader told members that Democrats would force Republicans to vote on the $1.8 billion fund.

The Justice Department said Monday it will abide by a court ruling that blocked the fund as the White House seeks to restart stalled legislation to fund ICE and Border Patrol.

Some Republicans want to amend the bill to prohibit the Trump administration from setting up the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that could pay Jan. 6 rioters.

Republicans ultimately defeated multiple attempts by senators on both sides of the aisle to codify ending or changing the $1,8 billion pot of money.

Congress failed to extend the Section 702 warrantless surveillance power, which sunsets Friday. Democrats say the president can unlock the votes by removing Bill Pulte as acting DNI.

This will be the first time the intelligence agencies' authority to conduct warrantless surveillance of foreigners abroad has lapsed since it was passed by Congress in 2008.

Just hours before heading to Capitol Hill, Trump called the big, bipartisan housing bill Republicans hope to run on in the fall “of minor importance.”