Key facts
- Senate Republicans removed $1 billion for White House ballroom security upgrades.
- The funding was part of a revised budget reconciliation bill.
- The decision was made before the Memorial Day recess.
- GOP leaders believed the funding risked derailing the broader immigration bill.
Senate Republicans have removed language providing up to $1 billion for security upgrades to a proposed White House ballroom from a revised budget reconciliation bill. The Republicans agreed among themselves before the Memorial Day recess to pull the money for President Trump's 90,000-square-foot ballroom out of the reconciliation package. The specific details of the revised bill were unveiled on Wednesday. GOP leaders reportedly privately concluded that the funding proposal risked derailing the broader immigration bill, both politically and procedurally. The Senate also rejected two of President Trump's key priorities in the budget bill, representing a blow to his agenda.