Senate Republicans seek $1 billion for Secret Service upgrades, including Trump's ballroom
The package also adds $1 billion for Secret Service security upgrades tied to Trump’s ballroom project, with spending capped at security work.
- On Monday, Senate Republicans unveiled a $72 billion immigration enforcement package that includes $1 billion in Secret Service security upgrades for President Donald Trump's White House ballroom project through September 30, 2029.
- Trump previously claimed private donors would cover the ballroom's costs, stating in March it would involve 'zero taxpayer dollars.' The GOP proposal now shifts $1 billion in security expenses to taxpayers, marking a dramatic reversal.
- Allies cite the April 25 assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner as justification, arguing that holding large events at hotels poses unacceptable security risks and demanding a secure on-site venue.
- Sen. Dick Durbin called the plan a 'misguided partisan effort' that 'will do nothing to help Americans deal with rising prices for gas, food, housing, and health care,' with Democrats citing lack of accountability.
- The $1 billion funding, available through September 30, 2029, explicitly bars use for 'non-security elements' as Republicans prepare to advance the package using budget reconciliation, a process that bypasses the 60-vote Senate filibuster threshold.
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Republicans want to finance from public funds the security elements of Donald Trump's prom project, supposed to be financed by the private sector.
Senate Budget Reconciliation Adds White House Ballroom Security Funding After Assassination Attempt
By Robert Romano “[T]here is appropriated to the United States Secret Service, for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, for the pur17 poses of security adjustments and upgrades, including within the perimeter fence of the White House Compound to support enhancements by the United States Secret Service relating to the East Wing Modernization Pr…
GOP includes $1B for Trump White House ballroom security in budget bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee late on Monday added $1 billion to a spending package for the U.S. Secret Service to allow for security upgrades to the compound tied to the construction of the White House ballroom. The $1 billion makes up part of a $72 billion budget reconciliation bill released by the Judiciary panel and [...]
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