MacDonough ruled over the weekend that the $1 billion in ballroom funding needs 60 votes, rather than a simple majority, to pass the Senate.

The push to secure federal dollars for President Donald Trump’s ballroom security just got more difficult on Capitol Hill.

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

Donald Trump is trying to get a key Senate adviser fired.

Thune downplayed the setback from Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough as a normal part of reconciliation.

Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough blocked an effort to include funding for Trump's White House ballroom in an appropriations bill.