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Trump's ouster of Republican senator sends shock waves through Senate GOP

Tillis urged colleagues to delay the budget package, citing its rushed schedule and the ballroom funding provision.

Trump's ouster of Republican senator sends shock waves through Senate GOP
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Sen. Bill Cassidy’s defeat in Louisiana’s Republican primary has unsettled Senate Republicans, as they weigh the political risks of crossing President Trump. Sen. Thom Tillis threatened to delay a budget package amid objections to proposed White House ballroom funding.

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Thom Tillis R · NC · SEN
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Thom Tillis
R · NC · SEN

North Carolina senator who threatened to block the budget package

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Bill Cassidy
R · LA · SEN

Louisiana senator defeated in the Republican primary

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who celebrated Cassidy’s defeat and urged voters to defeat Massie

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Rick Scott
R · FL · SEN

Florida senator who raised concerns about taxpayer funding for the ballroom

Susan M. Collins
R · ME · SEN

Maine senator who raised concerns about taxpayer funding for the ballroom

Thomas Massie
R · KY-4

Kentucky representative facing a Trump-backed primary challenger

John Thune
R · SD · SEN

Senate majority leader responding to Cassidy’s defeat and the budget package

Julia Letlow
R · LA-5

Louisiana representative and Trump-endorsed candidate in the Republican primary

John R. Curtis
R · UT · SEN

Utah senator who raised concerns about taxpayer funding for the ballroom

Trump-backed challenger to Thomas Massie

Former Louisiana representative who finished second in the primary

John Cornyn
R · TX · SEN

Texas senator facing a primary and referenced in Tillis’s request to delay the vote

Rand Paul
R · KY · SEN

Kentucky senator who raised concerns about taxpayer funding for the ballroom

ALSO MENTIONED  Elizabeth MacDonough, Senate parliamentarian who ruled against the ballroom funding provision under the Byrd Rule; Richard Leon, U.S. district judge whose ruling halted above-ground ballroom construction pending congressional approval; Vin Weber, GOP strategist and former member of House Republican leadership

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