All Chaos Breaks Loose as GOP Blocks Trump’s Agenda
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Why are Republicans turning against Trump’s agenda?
Republicans are turning against Donald Trump in Congress and blocking major legislation that Donald Trump thought was absolutely going to pass. Republicans turning against Donald Trump is happening fast and it's happening furious. We previously reported how Republicans in the Senate joined forces with Democrats and in a 50 to 47 vote discharged a war powers resolution to block Donald Trump from engaging in further military operations in Iran. So it passed in the Senate. But the question is, is it going to pass in the House? This will go before the House of Representatives today. Jim Himes, the ranking Democratic member on the key military committee, says that they believe they have the Republican votes and they have a lingering Democrat from Maine, Congressmember Golden,
who was previously voting against the Democratic position to block Donald Trump from having war powers. And Democrats believe indeed in the House of Representatives, they will be able to discharge a similar war powers resolution as the Senate. Both chambers about to issue a stunning rebuke of Donald Trump's unlawful and catastrophic war in Iran. Now, Donald Trump still has the ability to veto it, and he probably will veto it, but it will be sent to his desk, and it will become very clear that the American people, as represented in both the Senate and the House, want this war done. This war should never have happened from the outset. It is crushing the American people, and Americans are sick and tired of it.
We're going to follow the vote in the House.
What recent legislation did the Senate pass to block Trump?
It's never done It's never a done deal until it's a done deal, but we're gonna be following that. There's other critical pieces of legislation where we see Republicans joining forces with Democrats to block Donald Trump's fascist and disgusting agenda. When it comes to Donald Trump wanting to create a 1.8 billion slush fund to pay January 6th insurrectionists arising out of a purported $10 billion lawsuit that Donald Trump brought in his personal capacity against the Treasury Department and the IRS for a purported leak of his tax returns in 2019 when he was in office as part of a broader tax return leak involving 450,000 other individuals whose tax returns apparently leaked who didn't sue because there is no valid claim to be brought.
It would also be brought against Trump's 2019 IRS. Trump filed this in January 2026, and he also built in a provision that he can't be audited and that he's exempt from any liability from past tax fraud or any past misconduct in not paying taxes. Well, In that situation, Republicans are also joining forces with Democrats, they say, and they're gonna try to come up with a mechanism to kill Donald Trump's ability to have this slush fund for $1.8 billion. Republican Congress member Fitzpatrick literally used those words. I am going to work to try to kill this to make sure that this slush fund doesn't exist. And he told the Midas Touch Network, the Midas Touch Network, has a whole DC bureau, as you know, on Capitol Hill.
And here's what Congress member Fitzpatrick, Republican from Pennsylvania, told our Pablo Monriquez earlier in the day. Let's play this clip.
Congressman, what do you make of this $1.7 billion fund for- Bad news, we're gonna try to kill it. You're gonna try and kill it? Wow, okay, and how? Well, we're considering legislative options. We're gonna write a letter to the AG to start, but we're considering a legislative option. Okay. We're trying to unpack exactly, you know, what the legal machinations are, but can't do that.
Have you ever heard of any other Americans, like, other than Trump as an associate? I haven't. Who are unauditable by the IRS?
I've never heard that. Okay. So would that be part of the legislative? Of course. Of course. Yeah, you can't do that. Got it.
And you know, we have reporters everywhere on Capitol Hill. So then Fitzpatrick spoke with our head of our DC Bureau, Scott McFarlane. And here's what Fitzpatrick told McFarlane. Here, play this clip.
Slush fund for crooks and rioters is at risk of melting right here, right now at the Capitol.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why are Republicans turning against Trump’s agenda?
0:00–1:44
2
What recent legislation did the Senate pass to block Trump?
1:44–4:55
3
How do House Democrats plan to challenge Trump's war powers?
4:55–9:02
4
What is the significance of the $1.8 billion slush fund proposal?
9:02–13:59
5
How are Republicans collaborating with Democrats against Trump?
13:59–22:18