US EditionRepublicans in Congress push for Trump’s White House ballroom after shooting at media dinner
Republicans say the 90,000-square-foot project would add a Secret Service annex and help keep presidential events away from less secure venues.
- Following the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Senate Republicans introduced legislation on Monday to authorize and fund President Donald Trump's $400 million ballroom project.
- Although Trump initially claimed private donations would cover the project, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham argued Monday that taxpayer funds are now necessary for security, citing the need to avoid less secure venues like the Washington Hilton.
- Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer denounced the proposal as a 'walled palace,' arguing Republicans should prioritize funding the Secret Service and Homeland Security Department instead of the ballroom.
- Despite attempts to attach the ballroom to must-pass immigration funding bills, the project faces an uncertain path in a narrowly divided Congress where GOP leaders remain reluctant to include it.
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Republicans push for Trump’s ballroom after attack
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are escalating their efforts to authorize the building of President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom at the White House in the aftermath of the attack on a press gala in Washington on Saturday night that exposed security vulnerabilities. The post Republicans push for Trump’s ballroom after attack appeared first on West Hawaii Today.
The US President has grand plans for Washington and the military, which are probably not all realized. At least the attempt to assassinate the ballroom at the White House breathes new life
Five bills to build Trump’s ballroom offered after WHCA attack
In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, congressional lawmakers have begun offering their official policy reaction and so far it all points in one direction: building Trump’s ballroom. Within hours of the shooting, several GOP lawmakers from both the House and Senate announced they would introduce legislation to approve the project, which has stalled amid le…
No Clear Path for Trump’s Ballroom
“President Donald Trump’s allies in Congress want to quickly authorize completion of the White House ballroom after the Saturday shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. But it’s not going to be simple,” Politico reports.
Again To the Grisly Well, With Ballrooms
Leave it to this still-repugnant regime to instantly twist a Keystone Cops security breach - not a so-distant-it-was-on-another-floor "assassination attempt" - to their own skeevy purposes: blaming Democrats for "this dark moment," demanding a $400 million gold ballroom for "national security," burnishing the Brave Dear Leader myth of an addled old man who barely registered it, and what gun control issue? Meet the Epstein class: When shots (agai…
Republican Lawmakers Move on Legislation to Build and Fund Trump’s $400 Million Ballroom
Republican lawmakers began a push on Sunday to draft and introduce bills seeking congressional approval for President Donald Trump’s long-planned $400 million White House ballroom, pointing to security needs in the wake of a presidential assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. The move came just two days after a gunman tried to breach security at the Washington Hilton dinner where Trump and other top official…
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