Senate Democrats to fight Republicans’ $1bn funding plan for Trump’s ballroom
Chuck Schumer accuses GOP of ‘asking working families to pay the price while Trump pockets the perks’ in letter
TL;DR
- Senate Democrats plan to oppose a Republican proposal for $1 billion in security funding for a new White House ballroom.
- The funding is part of a larger Republican measure to allocate $70 billion for federal agencies involved in mass deportations.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Republicans of making working families pay for Trump's perks.
- The $1 billion is designated for the US Secret Service for security related to the 'East Wing modernization project'.
- Republicans are using the reconciliation procedure to pass the bill with a simple majority, circumventing a potential Democratic filibuster.
- Democrats plan to propose amendments and challenge the bill's compliance with reconciliation rules.
- The immigration spending bill is a key part of the Republican agenda following a previous funding impasse for the Department of Homeland Security.