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Senate Panel Blocks Trump’s Plan to Relocate FBI Headquarters

A rare cross-party vote to preserve $1.4 billion for Greenbelt prompted Chair Susan Collins to recess the Commerce-Justice-Science markup, setting up next week’s negotiations before the Sept. 30 funding deadline.

The J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington, D.C.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen walks away after speaking to the press in La Libertad, El Salvador, where he arrived regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2025.
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Overview

  • Senators voted 15-14 to adopt an amendment by Sen. Chris Van Hollen barring any use of the allocated $1.4 billion for the FBI headquarters outside the Greenbelt, Maryland site.
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the only Republican to join Democrats in backing the amendment, citing the absence of completed security and mission analyses for the Reagan Building.
  • Following the amendment’s passage, several Republicans reversed their support for the overall funding bill, leading Chair Susan Collins to recess the meeting.
  • The Commerce-Justice-Science bill remains stalled, putting broader appropriations at risk and raising the prospect of a government shutdown if no agreement emerges.
  • The clash highlights a wider dispute over congressional authority in appropriations and adherence to the General Services Administration’s site-selection process approved in November 2023.