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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING<\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the president\u2019s new ballroom is facing growing opposition from Republicans ahead of an expected vote this week, even as President Donald Trump and the U.S. Secret Service push for the money.<\/p>\n

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Republicans are revising the proposal after the Senate parliamentarian said Saturday that it did not meet the requirements to be included in legislation to fund immigration enforcement agencies. But even if they are able to appease their parliamentarian, support for the plan remains uncertain as several Republican senators have questioned the security funding \u2014 and as tensions between the White House and Senate have escalated in recent days.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end it\u2019s going to come down to what we have the votes to pass,\u201d said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Tuesday, suggesting that the support was still an open question.<\/p>\n

Thune said there were ongoing conversations within the Senate and the House and with the White House over what the legislation should look like and what can meet the parliamentarian\u2019s standards.<\/p>\n

Republicans face opposition from within the party<\/h4>\n

Several GOP senators have said they are unlikely to support it if the bill contains the $1 billion price tag for White House security.<\/p>\n

People \u201ccan\u2019t afford groceries and gasoline and healthcare, and we\u2019re going to do a billion dollars for a ballroom?\u201d asked Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, who lost reelection in the GOP primary on Saturday after Trump endorsed one of his opponents.<\/p>\n

Cassidy said the proposal, which would pay for Secret Service training and a new visitor center at the White House along with security for Trump\u2019s ballroom, is premature when there are still many questions about the project. The Trump administration hasn\u2019t been able to provide Congress with engineering assessments, environmental evaluations or architectural work, he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd by the way, the president has pledged to us that he would use private donations to pay for it,\u201d Cassidy said.<\/p>\n

Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska have also suggested they might not support the security funding, among others who have said they have questions. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., has said he\u2019s opposed if the proposal remains unchanged.<\/p>\n

Security debate comes as Senate, White House at odds on other issues<\/h4>\n

The questions on the security funding and Trump\u2019s ballroom come as Senate Republicans are trying to defend their majority in this year\u2019s midterm elections and as Democrats are making affordability a central election issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmericans can barely afford to keep a roof over their own heads,\u201d Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. \u201cThey should not be forced to pay for a golden roof over Trump\u2019s head.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And while most Republicans rarely break with Trump, there was more tension than usual between the Senate and the White House this week, including over the announcement of $1.8 billion court settlement to compensate Trump\u2019s allies who believe they were targeted politically.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see a purpose for that,\u201d Thune told reporters Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

Hours later, Trump made a surprise endorsement in the Texas Republican primary, backing the opponent of incumbent Sen. John Cornyn \u2014 angering many GOP senators who had pushed him for months to endorse Cornyn.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot very enthusiastic\u201d is how Murkowski described her own mood after Trump\u2019s endorsement and the Republicans\u2019 weekly conference lunch.<\/p>\n

Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., said he\u2019s supportive of the security money and thinks it is necessary to protect the president. But he conceded that the optics aren\u2019t very good for Republicans, and that they haven\u2019t communicated about it very well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got people out there who are worried about how in the world they\u2019re going to have enough gas to get home,\u201d Justice said.<\/p>\n

Security funding could be reduced, or revised<\/h4>\n

Republicans are considering reducing the amount of money for the White House security or narrowing the proposal significantly as they try to figure out how to win votes and win approval from the parliamentarian. They are using a complicated budget maneuver called reconciliation to bypass Democrats, who have blocked funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for months.<\/p>\n

Thune said that the immigration enforcement money is the \u201cprincipal objective\u201d of the legislation.<\/p>\n

Once the measure is on the floor, the Senate will launch a long series of votes where Democrats can propose to strip out various parts of the bill.<\/p>\n

The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced the immigration portions of the $72 billion measure Tuesday morning in a committee meeting where Democrats who have demanded reforms at ICE and Border Patrol offered some five dozen amendments.<\/p>\n

The GOP-led committee blocked all of the Democratic amendments, including requiring federal agents to display their last names and identification numbers on their uniforms and to secure a judicial warrant before breaking into a home.<\/p>\n

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Associated Press writer Joey Cappelletti contributed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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