Hundreds of millions of dollars for Trump's ballroom ruled out of order in Senate

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The Senate parliamentarian determined that a proposal to fund $1 billion for White House security cannot be included as written.

Hundreds of millions of dollars for Trump's ballroom ruled out of order in Senate (Washington Post)
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/17/hundreds-millions-trumps-ballroom-ruled-out-order-senate

Hundreds of millions of dollars for securing the White House ballroom cannot be included in a Republican spending bill as currently written, the Senate parliamentarian ruled Saturday.

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s proposed immigration enforcement bill includes $1 billion for security measures related to what the administration calls the “East Wing Modernization Project” — which includes President Donald Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom — and other presidential protection efforts.

The project would require the coordination of multiple government agencies and therefore requires oversight from multiple committees, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough determined, according to Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee.....

The parliamentarian ruled that funding for CBP is outside of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s jurisdiction and that funding for screening unaccompanied migrant children violates protections for noncitizen children, according to Senate Democrats. The parliamentarian also determined that the $2.5 billion for immigration provisions under last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act violates reconciliation rules.