Cornyn, Tillis want promises in writingBlanche said at a hearing two months ago that the anti-weaponization fund would not move forward after Republican senators revolted and held up an immigration funding bill. But the two sides continued to negotiate through Thursday afternoon, when Blanche, Cornyn and Tillis met on Capitol Hill. Settlement fund could have benefited Jan. 6 riotersEven as they are usually deferential to Trump, a number of Republican senators have expressed strong objections to the settlement. On his first day back in office, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people who had been charged in the attack. Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana said Thursday that the majority of Senate Republicans aren’t comfortable with the settlement fund.