Senate Ruling Blocks Funding Linked to Trump Ballroom Project | PakCan News

Senate Ruling Blocks Funding Linked to Trump Ballroom Project | PakCan News

🚨 THE SENATE ROADBLOCK: Parliamentarian Guts Taxpayer Funding for Trump’s White House Ballroom

Title: BUNKER DEFEATED! Senate Rules Strip $1 Billion in Security Funding for Controversial White House Ballroom After Shock Procedural Blow
The executive branch’s high-stakes legislative budget push has suffered a massive, immediate defeat on Capitol Hill. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough issued a binding procedural ruling that officially struck down a $1 billion line item intended for Secret Service security upgrades and structural fortifications for President Trump's planned White House ballroom project. The parliamentarian concluded that the provision violated the chamber's strict Byrd Rule, which prevents lawmakers from inserting non-budgetary policy items into filibuster-proof, simple-majority reconciliation packages. As a result of the ruling, the ballroom security funding has lost its protected status and now faces a mandatory 60-vote threshold to clear the chamber—a hurdle Senate Republicans, who command a narrow 53-47 majority, cannot overcome on their own. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer immediately hailed the technical victory, stating that grassroots and legislative opposition successfully blew up the administration's opening attempt to make everyday taxpayers foot the bill for what critics call a massive vanity project.

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