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Senate in a $1 Billion Ballroom Budget Battle

Senate Republicans are advancing party-line legislation that would inject billions of dollars into immigration enforcement and border security.

But complicating the debate is a disagreement over funding for “security adjustments and upgrades” that Democrat critics claim, despite the White House’s and Republicans’ denial, would fund President Donald Trump’s East Wing ballroom project.

The House and Senate have already passed a framework allowing for the process of budget reconciliation, which will allow for major budgetary changes without needing any Democrat votes in the Senate.

The bill would fund immigration enforcement outside the typical bipartisan process for the remainder of Trump’s term.

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee released a more detailed proposal for the bill, which includes $1 billion for Secret Service security upgrades, some of which would be inside the “White House Compound to support enhancements … relating to the East Wing Modernization Project.”

The “East Wing Modernization Project” refers to the proposed construction of a ballroom on the White House premises, which the White House has previously said it will carry out with $200 million from Trump private donors, with the Secret Service providing “the necessary security enhancements and modifications.”

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