{"id":1578,"date":"2026-06-03T17:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:07:13","slug":"senate-republicans-drop-trump-ballroom-funding-from-immigration-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1578","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans drop Trump ballroom funding from immigration bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n            Senate Republicans have formally removed funding for President Donald Trump\u2019s ballroom security as part of their sprawling immigration funding package, according to revised legislative text released Wednesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1576\">Trump suggests he won\u2019t take down UFC \u2018Claw\u2019 on White House lawn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            The decision to drop the ballroom funding, which had sparked significant debate among lawmakers, is not a complete surprise. Senate GOP leaders had already acknowledged that the language would have derailed the entire immigration package, both politically and procedurally, after the chamber\u2019s official rule-keeper determined that it violated the highly specific budgetary rules of the legislation. If the language remained in, Democrats would have been able to filibuster the bill \u2014 preventing the White House from receiving $70 billion for ICE and border patrol.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            There were also political concerns from some GOP senators, who were worried that funding the ballroom as Americans wrestle with cost-of-living issues ahead of the midterms would portray them as out-of-touch.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1572\">Trump suggests he hasn\u2019t dropped the \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            The Senate GOP\u2019s initial text included nearly $1 billion for \u201csecurity adjustments and upgrades\u201d to the White House ballroom project, as well as other pots of security money after the assassination attempt against Trump this spring. Administration officials had sought to clarify that only about $200 million would go toward the East Wing project, with the rest going toward other security efforts.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1570\">Scientists are cracking the code of interspecies communication. 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