Trump’s ballroom has just set the Senate up for a high-stakes battle over funding. The White House project is set to take center stage as senators prepare to debate a budget reconciliation package. Interestingly, this package is primarily intended to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029.
According to The Hill, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough dealt the GOP with a setback by ruling the plan to provide hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars for the ballroom violated the Senate’s Byrd Rule. Thus, the provision cannot pass the Senate with a simple majority, which would have given the GOP an easy win on one of the president’s top priorities. Unsurprisingly, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer hailed the ruling as a big victory
