Live updates: Senate awaits reconciliation bill, which holds ballroom funding’s fate

President Trump’s $1 billion request to fund security for the White House ballroom faces a test in the Senate, which could start voting on a reconciliation package on Thursday that may not include the money.

The legislative text to fund immigration enforcement agencies hasn’t yet been released, but inclusion of the ballroom funding has faced pushback this week. A handful of Republican senators have told Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) they don’t want to vote for the money because of the optics around it and possible political blowback.

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