Senate GOP pushes back on Trump ballroom amid affordability worries
Absolutely not,” said one Republican senator who requested anonymity to discuss the internal debate within the Senate GOP conference. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Tuesday that legislation sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a close Trump ally, to authorize $400 million for the construction of a ballroom and underground security complex will have to wait — despite Graham’s pressure on the GOP leader to hold a vote immediately.
- ▪Absolutely not,” said one Republican senator who requested anonymity to discuss the internal debate within the Senate GOP conference.
- ▪Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Tuesday that legislation sponsored by Sen.
- ▪Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a close Trump ally, to authorize $400 million for the construction of a ballroom and underground security complex will have to wait — despite Graham’s pressure on the GOP leader to hold a vote immediately.
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Senate Senate GOP pushes back on Trump ballroom amid affordability worries Comments: by Alexander Bolton - 04/29/26 6:00 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Alexander Bolton - 04/29/26 6:00 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Senate Republicans aren’t in the mood to vote on legislation to greenlight President Trump’s controversial plan to build a 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom, as some GOP lawmakers see it as a bad political move in the current political climate, especially if it would require taxpayer funding.
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