Democrats slam $1B White House ballroom plan as costs soar
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Democrats led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer condemn a GOP plan to spend $1 billion on the White House East Wing Modernization ballroom, a project Trump had said would be privately funded; costs have ballooned from around $200 million to $400 million, and the package ties the ballroom funding to immigration-enforcement funding, with Republicans pushing it through via reconciliation.
- Schumer leads chorus of outrage over $1B for Trump’s ‘free’ ballroom New York Daily News
- Republicans want to add $1 billion for Trump's ballroom security to ICE funding plan NPR
- Republicans propose $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to secure Trump ballroom NBC News
- G.O.P. Proposes $1 Billion in Immigration Bill for Trump’s Ballroom Project The New York Times
- Stop the Trump ballroom bunker bandwagon dead in its tracks The Hill
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