Tillis urges GOP colleagues to hold budget bill over White House ballroom funding
Tillis says the package should wait as Republicans weigh whether to keep $1 billion in Secret Service funding tied to Trump’s ballroom plan.
- Sen. Thom Tillis announced he will not vote for the $72 billion budget reconciliation bill if the Senate considers it this week, citing timing and concerns over funding for President Donald Trump's East Wing ballroom.
- Warning that pushing the bill now would interfere with campaigns, Tillis cited the Texas runoff for Sen. John Cornyn and the ouster of incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy in Louisiana as reasons for delay.
- Several GOP senators object to the $1 billion Secret Service allocation, recalling that Trump insisted ballroom renovations be privately funded, while the bill's "vote-a-rama" structure could force Republicans to take uncomfortable votes.
- Saturday night's Senate parliamentarian ruling excluded Secret Service funding from the bill, yet Tillis continues opposing the package, echoing his past rejection of the "One Big Beautiful Bill."
- GOP leaders plan to bring the legislation to the floor Thursday, though opposition from Tillis and others—including Sen. John Curtis , Rand Paul , Rick Scott , Susan Collins , and Lisa Murkowski —highlights the bill's precarious path.
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The White House push for $1 billion in security funds is facing GOP opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the president’s new ballroom is facing growing opposition from Republicans ahead of
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