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Trump’s White House ballroom funding in jeopardy after Senate ruling, Democrats say

Nypost · · 622 words · By Reuters
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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A US Senate official on Saturday removed security funding that could be used for President Trump’s planned White House ballroom from a massive spending package”
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Multiple independent sources (The Guardian, other news reports) confirm that a Senate official removed security funding for Trump's planned ballroom from a spending package.
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web search NEUTRAL — A US Senate official on Saturday removed security funding that could be used for Donald Trump’s planned $400m White House ballroom from a massive spending package, Democratic lawmakers said, imperilin…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/17/federal-fund…
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web search NEUTRAL — A model of the White House and Trump’s new ballroom project.Senate Republicans have a big ballroom problem on their hands. The White House and party leaders are trying to sell lawmakers on security fu…
https://www.notus.org/congress/antsy-senate-republicans-want…
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web search NEUTRAL — Senate Democrats said Saturday the provision that funds Trump’s ballroom in the GOP’s latest budget bill has been deemed out of order by the Senate parliamentarian, a major blow to the president’s pri…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/16/politics/white-house-ballroom…
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“The decision by the Senate’s parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, deals a blow to Trump”
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Multiple sources identify Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough as the official who made the decision to nix the ballroom security funding.
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web search NEUTRAL — Elizabeth MacDonough is an American lawyer who has been the parliamentarian of the United States Senate since 2012. The first woman to hold the position, MacDonough guided the Senate through the first…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_MacDonough
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web search NEUTRAL — MacDonough’s decision on the ballroom-related language comes after she ruled Thursday against four other parts of the immigration enforcement bill, which will provide tens of billions in new funding f…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/16/ballroom-funding-se…
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web search NEUTRAL — The decision by the Senate’s parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, deals a blow to Trump and his administration, which has sought the money for security purposes related to the ballroom. Trump has sa…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/17/federal-fund…
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“Trump has said the construction of the ballroom would be funded by $400 million in private donations.”
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Multiple sources, including AOL and other reports, state that Trump claimed the ballroom would be funded by $400 million in private donations.
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web search NEUTRAL — The White House State Ballroom is part of a planned new East Wing for the White House, the official residence of the president of the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_State_Ballroom
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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump says an important part of the $400 million ballroom he is building for the White House is a "massive military complex" underneath it that was supposed to remain sec…
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-defends-white-house-ballr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Graham said Monday that the ballroom should be paid for with $400 million in taxpayer funds collected in the form of national park fees and customs fees, with the private funding Trump secured going t…
https://www.commondreams.org/news/white-house-ballroom-fundi…
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“Senate Republicans are seeking $1 billion in taxpayer funding to the Secret Service for security upgrades to the ballroom and other structures being built beneath it.”
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Multiple independent reports confirm that Senate Republicans sought $1 billion in taxpayer funding for Secret Service upgrades related to the ballroom.
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web search NEUTRAL — But Senate Republicans are seeking $1bn in taxpayer funding to the Secret Service for security upgrades, including the ballroom. Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/17/federal-fund…
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web search NEUTRAL — Senate Republicans seek $1 billion for Secret Service upgrades, including Trump's ballroom.Republicans include $1 billion for White House ballroom security in party’s immigration funding package. 13 h…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — A GOP bill seeking $1 billion for the Secret Service to help finance President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom is in jeopardy as it faces pushback from a top Senate official.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/senate…
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“MacDonough ruled that the security funding provision falls under chamber rules that require 60 votes to pass most legislation”
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Reports from Salon and other sources confirm MacDonough ruled that these provisions would require 60 votes to pass, effectively removing them from the reconciliation process.
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web search NEUTRAL — Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough can usually be seen perched atop the Senate dais, helping to make sure the Senate floor runs according to the rules.Senate Republicans want to make changes …
https://abcnews.com/Politics/senate-parliamentarian-final-pr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Senate parliamentarian rules against the GOP on key provisions, and Republicans are furious.MacDonough’s rulings leave the GOP having to pass these priorities via individual bills, or a big omnibus bi…
https://www.salon.com/2025/06/27/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Most provisions now require 60 votes after Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, a Harry Reid leech, decided to gut key portions of the bill.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/06/24/dem-senat…
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“Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate.”
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Wikipedia and 270toWin explicitly confirm the Senate composition as 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats/Independents.
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web search NEUTRAL — Republican (53). Minority (47). Democratic (45).The Senate has also censured and condemned senators; censure requires only a simple majority and does not remove a senator from office.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate
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web search NEUTRAL — Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate majority. Democrats need to net 4 seats to flip control. With 22 Republican seats up vs. 13 Democratic, the map favors defense but Collins, Cooper (NC), Iowa open seat,…
https://uspollingdata.com/news/senate-majority-math-2026/
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. Senate has 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats (including two independents).
https://www.270towin.com/2026-senate-election/
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“they plan to bring to a vote on the Senate floor... a $72 billion spending package”
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Multiple sources confirm the existence of a $72 billion reconciliation spending package being brought forward by Republicans.
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web search NEUTRAL — Senate Republicans are moving forward with this package under a special, expedited process known as budget reconciliation, which allows them to bypass the chamber’s 60-vote filibuster threshold and pa…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republicans-unveil-72-bi…
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web search NEUTRAL — A US Senate official on Saturday removed security funding that could be used for Donald Trump’s planned $400m White House ballroom from a massive spending package, Democratic lawmakers said, imperilin…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/17/federal-fund…
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web search NEUTRAL — Senate Republicans put together a $72 billion reconciliation package to fund ICE and Border Patrol. On Thursday, Democrat and Republican staffers met with Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough t…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/senate-parliamentar…
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“The bulk of the legislation is devoted to immigration enforcement.”
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Multiple sources specify that the bulk of the $72 billion package is for immigration enforcement, specifically citing billions for ICE and CBP.
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web search NEUTRAL — Its stated mission is to conduct criminal investigations, enforce immigration laws, preserve national security, and protect public safety. ICE was created as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Immigration_and_…
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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans have unveiled a $72 billion spending package that includes tens of billions of dollars for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, billions more for Department of Homeland…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republicans-unveil-72-bi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Chuck Grassley (R-IA) unveiled the $72 billion spending package designed to fund two federal immigration enforcement agencies – $38.2 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and $26 billion fo…
https://politizoom.com/slap-away-the-one-billion-ballroom/
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“federal immigration agents killed US citizens in separate incidents in Minnesota in January.”
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“an April incident in which an alleged gunman is accused of storming a black-tie media gala in Washington that Trump attended.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding an alleged gunman storming a media gala attended by Trump in April.
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“Trump has said the ballroom will be completed around September 2028”
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“rising energy costs driven by the Iran war he and Israel launched in February.”
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“Trump last year ordered the demolition of the White House’s East Wing — constructed in 1902 during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency and expanded four decades later during Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency”
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“The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit organization, filed a lawsuit challenging the project”
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“A US appeals court in April allowed construction to continue after the judge handling the National Trust lawsuit issued an order halting the project.”
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