Republicans had pursued including the funding alongside a $73 billion funding package for immigration enforcement operations through 2029...

A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the president’s new ballroom fails to meet procedural rules.

The decision, part of a “Byrd bath” that sorts out what language can skirt the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold, may be a temporary setback.

Proposal to fund $1bn in security additions for White House campus and president’s new ballroom fails to meet procedural rules

The Senate official said the GOP bill needs to be reworked in order to comply with jurisdictional issues.

The Senate's rulemaker delivered a blow to GOP plans to fund security for President Trump's overhaul of the East Wing of the White House.

Senate parliamentarian ruled a proposal to fund $1bn in security additions for the White House failed to meet procedural rules. Key US politics stories from Sunday 17 May 2026 at…

The Senate's parliamentarian has ruled that funding for President Donald Trump's proposed White House ballroom can't be approved by a simple majority.

Senate Republicans officially were back to the drawing board after the Senate parliamentarian concluded that security spending related to the proposed White House ballroom did not…

The Senate parliamentarian ruled $1 billion in security for President Trump's ballroom project needs 60 votes, not a simple majority, to pass.

Republicans had pursued including the funding alongside a $73 billion funding package for immigration enforcement operations through 2029...

A key senator suggested Monday that Republicans may be prepared to ditch security funding connected to plans for a White House ballroom in a reconciliation bill focused on…

President Donald Trump is calling for the firing of Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, for ruling against Republicans' plan to put $1 billion in taxpayer dollars toward…

Republicans could remove some or all of the money that was earmarked for Secret Service amid heartburn from senators.

Republicans wanted to include the ballroom funding in a larger $72 billion immigration enforcement package.

Lawmakers questioned the timing and the lack of detailed justification for the Secret Service’s request

ICE funding bid derailed amid Republican backlash to attempt to latch ballroom funding on to immigration bill