GOP Dollar Dispute: DHS Funding Stalled as Ballrooms and Security Take Center Stage

House Republicans remain divided over the Senate-passed DHS funding bill: Rep. Nick Langworthy urges an immediate floor vote, but Speaker Mike Johnson says the measure needs changes to avoid “orphaning” ICE/CBP funding and to align with a separate immigration-enforcement reconciliation. The debate is swirling around whether White House ballroom funding can be attached to the DHS package, a move conservatives favor but Democrats largely oppose, in the wake of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting that raised security concerns. Lawmakers are also weighing hearings and potential committees to examine security at events, all of which threatens to delay DHS funding and other GOP priorities in a tense, multi-track process.