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Senate Republicans Remove White House Ballroom Funding from Budget Package

Senate Republicans stripped $1 billion in security upgrades for a proposed White House ballroom from budget reconciliation legislation.

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Senate Republicans have removed language that would have provided up to $1 billion for security upgrades to a proposed White House ballroom from a revised budget reconciliation bill unveiled Wednesday.

The funding was intended for President Trump's planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom facility. Senate Republicans reached an agreement among themselves before the Memorial Day recess to eliminate the ballroom funding from the reconciliation package.

The decision to strip the ballroom provision comes as lawmakers work to finalize details of the broader budget legislation. The reconciliation process allows certain budget-related measures to pass the Senate with a simple majority, avoiding the typical 60-vote threshold required for most legislation.

Details about the specific security upgrades that would have been funded by the $1 billion allocation were not immediately available. The removal of this funding represents a significant reduction in the overall scope of the budget package as it moves through the legislative process.

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