The House and Senate return this week from their Memorial Day recess to continue working on a budget reconciliation bill originally meant to provide funding primarily for immigration enforcement efforts. The additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was targeted for passage by House and Senate leadership before the Memorial Day recess to meet President Donald Trump’s request that he have the legislation by June 1. However, additional White House demands that provisions unrelated to immigration enforcement be included in the reconciliation bill have complicated those plans.

Specifically, the White House wanted the bill to include funding for an “anti-weaponization” fund at the Department of Justice to compensate individuals who had been wrongly subjected to investigations or prosecution. That provision was criticized by both Democrats and a number of Republicans who argued that it could be used to recompense individuals involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol.

The White House also requested funding related to the building of a White House ballroom. Both provisions were met with bipartisan concerns and opposition and are likely to be dropped or modified to ensure passage of the bill by both houses.