Trump's ballroom funding hits Republican turbulence
President Donald Trump’s $1 billion in White House security funding for his ballroom project must survive both a political and procedural gauntlet over the next two weeks for the Senate to approve it.
Senate Democrats argue that the money violates the strict budget reconciliation process, which could lead to it being stripped out of a $70 billion immigration enforcement funding bill. Then there’s the question of whether GOP leaders can get at least 50 of 53 GOP senators to support it.
“I have a feeling that it won’t be in the bill or it won’t pass the Byrd test,” said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., referring to the bill’s procedural viability under the Byrd Rule.
Secret Service Director Sean Curran will discuss the money during Tuesday’s Republican lunch, a meeting that could play a major role in the bill’s future. “The $1 billion dollars? I have questions,” said one GOP senator otherwise supportive of the project.
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