{"id":8394,"date":"2026-05-21T12:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8394"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:32:05","slug":"republicans-expected-to-abandon-1b-security-proposal-for-white-house-and-trumps-ballroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8394","title":{"rendered":"Republicans expected to abandon $1B security proposal for White House and Trump\u2019s ballroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Senate Republican leaders are expected to abandon a proposal for $1 billion in security money for the White House complex and President Donald Trump\u2019s ballroom on Thursday after members of their own party questioned the timing and the lack of detail in the Secret Service request.<\/p>

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Pressured by the White House, Republicans have tried to add the money to a roughly $70 billion bill to restore funding to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol. But the security proposal was met with backlash from some GOP lawmakers who are questioning the cost and how the taxpayer dollars would be used.<\/p>\n

The bill\u2019s text has not yet been released, but the Senate hopes to pass it this week and send it to the House before leaving for a weeklong Memorial Day recess. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., acknowledged \u201congoing vote issues\u201d on Wednesday as leaders tired to measure Republican support, as well as \u201congoing parliamentarian issues\u201d as they try to figure out what will be allowed in the bill under the chamber\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said Wednesday that the bill would be \u201cback to square one\u201d without the security money because \u201cthe votes are not there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said the effort to add the security package to the bill was a \u201cbad idea\u201d and he does not think there is enough backing to pass it, even if the cost were reduced.<\/p>\n

The wrangling comes as Democrats have criticized Republicans for trying to fund Trump\u2019s ballroom when voters are concerned about basic affordability issues \u2014 and as some GOP lawmakers have grown increasingly frustrated with Trump. Several GOP senators have spoken out against the administration\u2019s $1.776 billion settlement fund designed to compensate Trump\u2019s allies who believe they have been persecuted, and many were upset by the president\u2019s endorsement Tuesday of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the party primary runoff next week against Sen. John Cornyn.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s always a consequence with taking on United States senators,\u201d Thune said Wednesday. The president \u201cobviously has his favorites and people he wants to endorse and that\u2019s his prerogative. But what we have to deal with up here is moving the agenda, and obviously that can become slightly more complicated.\u201d<\/p>

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