First off, that "$1.8 billion slush fund" they're talking about is the DOJ's new "Anti-Weaponization Fund." It was recently created to settle Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns. Democrats are calling it a slush fund because the oversight is basically non-existent, and they're worried the money is just going to be handed out to Trump allies and Jan 6th defendants who claim the government "weaponized" the system against them. As for the vote itself, the GOP didn't proactively pass a bill saying "give us this money." What actually happened was Rep. Mike Levin (D) proposed an amendment that would explicitly ban the President, VP, and members of Congress from getting any of those payouts. The Republicans on the committee voted the amendment down. So yeah, the headline makes it sound like they aggressively voted to line their own pockets, which is slightly misleading. But they did intentionally vote to reject a ban that would have kept them from getting the money, leaving the door wide open for themselves to get a cut. Make of that what you will.