https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/senate-republicans-seek-1-billion-for-secret-service-upgrades-including-trumps-2026-05-05/WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans are seeking to give $1 billion in taxpayer funding to the Secret Service this year for security upgrades, including the White House ballroom.President Donald Trump has said private donations would pay for the estimated $400 million ballroom project. The funding package text does not say how much of the new Secret Service funds will pay for the ballroom.The proposed infusion of Secret Service funds was released late Monday as part of a nearly $72 billion package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through 2029 on a party-line vote.The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's proposal includes $19 billion for CBP personnel and $7.5 billion for ICE's Homeland Security Investigations. The Senate Judiciary Committee's bill gives CBP nearly $3.5 billion and ICE nearly $31 billion for immigration enforcement. Additional funds from the bills would go to the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service, as well as toward border security and technology.Trump signed a bill on Thursday to fund most of DHS through September, ending a 76-day partial government shutdown over immigration enforcement following the deaths of two Americans in Minneapolis.
SENATE REPUBLICANS AVOID 60-VOTE REQUIREMENTRepublicans in Congress have begun a process known as reconciliation to fund ICE and CBP without Democratic votes. Reconciliation allows Senate Republicans to circumvent the chamber's 60-vote threshold to advance most legislation.Republican lawmakers pushed for legislation to fund and expedite construction of a ballroom days after an alleged gunman was apprehended at last month's White House Correspondents' dinner, where Trump was set to speak.Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the Republican chair of the Judiciary Committee, blamed Democrats for the historic government shutdown, casting them in a statement as "the party of open borders and 'defund the police.'" Grassley said his panel will "help provide certainty for federal law enforcement and safer streets for American families."Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, the top Democrat on the judiciary panel, said Republicans are going outside the traditional appropriations process to fund unpopular policies through the end of Trump's presidency because they are in danger of losing control of Congress in November's midterm elections. He also highlighted a contrast between the parties as Democrats campaign on affordability."While Americans are struggling to make ends meet as a result of President Trump’s failed policies, Republicans are focused on providing tens of billions of dollars for the president’s vanity ballroom project and cruel mass deportation campaign," Durbin said in a statement.
>>1512339>a billion dollars for a ballroom and "security upgrades">continues to cut funding for everything else
>>1512341Hey remember when this ballroom was supposed to be 100% donation funded?
>>1512350That was before someone broke into the White House Correspondent's dinner trying to assassinate Trump
>>1512354That was the private gathering that has never been held on government property where security caught him before he even got on the same floor as Trump, right?
>>1512354>someone broke into the White House Correspondent's dinnerhe was stopped at a security checkpoint
>>1512354Why would that make a difference? And they fucking caught him, he didn't even get close. Why would they need more security now?
>>1512354He literally never even made it into the same room. If anything that proved that a high security ballroom was completely redundant; is it supposed to psychologically prevent attempts before they start?
>>1512354Remember when trump intentionally weakened security for it?Or how 4 minutes after it happened before anything was reported all his social media shills were screaming for the Epstein/trump ballroom to be built?
>>1512339Why do they want this thing so FUCKING bad. What a bunch of fucking assholes.
>>1512377Who wins in a war? The entire Democrat party and voter base or a ballroom
>>1512377Because they’re authoritarians. They need symbols of power, especially now when everything is going wrong.
>>1512404>ESL spotted
>>1512377Because Trump is a literal homosexual who wants to play dress up and host balls.
>>1512407>Because they’re authoritarians.No, just typical capitalist businessmen.They went all the luxuries, and to stop putting the company in debt, they want the workers to cut back on their wages to pay for their luxuries.
>>1512459>just typical capitalist businessmen.So authoritariansSince conservatives can no longer use monarchies to rule over the masses, they've switched to oligarchs.
>>1512377>What a bunch of fucking assholes.did you expect anything less from republicans?
>>1512339Why the fuck does he need to upgrade his security when his security was just proven to work? And what happened to paying for his stupid fucking ballroom with private money?
>>1512339I got to hung up on the billion for the SS and ballroom that I glossed over the $72 BILLION for ICE and CBP. Jesus fucking CHRIST. They're tearing apart food stamps and health insurance. Food, gas, housing, electricity, EVERYTHING is going up. The country is falling apart all around us. And they give SEVENTY TWO BILLION FUCKING DOLLARS to ICE and border patrol, when they already have more funding than the FUCKING MARINES. Oh, and don't forget, this is with fucking budget reconciliation, meaning you don't even get a say in it. Fuck you, we're doing what we want, and if you complain, guess where that 72 BILLION is going? On the boot stamping on your fucking face.
>>1512339money well spent and it should come out of the democrat's pocket as compensation for trying to kill people so often
>>1512495people like you will be escalating their violent attacks against him so its only fair to be overly prepared
>>1512506>escalating>single retard rushes security and doesn't even fire off a shot before getting tackled, never even sees Trump nevermind get in the same room as him
>>15125101 too many, stop being a terrorist if you don't want ur tax dollars spent on security measures to stop you from commiting more crimes.
>>1512354awesome, give another 2 billy then, Orange Nigger's feelings were hurt. Here's a better idea: Tear the fucking ballroom down because it's not doing its job.
>>1512534>>1512506No, if it can't stop one person naruto running past security then the Ballroom's job, the ENTIRE PURPOSE OF WHY IT WAS BUILT, has failed.Tear the fucking thing down, don't spend a single cent more on it. There are actual venues that are built to the security standards that would have prevented this and not Orange Nigger scribbling in a coloring book. They also exist and are much cheaper.
>>1512496>I got to hung up on the billion for the SS and ballroom that I glossed over the $72 BILLION for ICE and CBP. Jesus fucking CHRIST.Most of this is surveillance money. Surveiling the cattle costs more money than any other administration has been capable of spending, these are the true costs of a surveillance state.
>>1512537time to spend more money on security then anon. your logic is if there's a chip in a brick you throw out the whole brick instead of the reasonable thing and just making more bricks
>>1512539time for you to get a real job esl shill. but you never will, will you
>>1512372Remember how Nancy Pelosi intentionally weakened security before January 6th?It's politics man
>>1512539>time to spend more money on security then anon. Nope, time to tear the orange nigger worship palace down and use venues which have established security perimeters where this can't happen. >that non-sequiturYou actually do throw out chipped and cracked bricks in masonry, but I wouldn't expect orange nigger worshippers to realize that.
>>1512542We wouldn't of needed to fund the renovations and increased security if terrorists like you weren't around. Honestly they should just bill the blue states for this shit.and replace the cracked bricks with new ones, but I see you're such a smart boy you didn't need to read the 2nd half of that sentence.
>>1512544esl
>>1512366It was never held at the whitehouse, because the whitehouse doesn't have a ballroom
>>1512541>Still pushing this lieI remember trump's goons in the pentagon intentionally sabotaging the mobilization of the military to stop his coup though.
>>1512452What the fuckYou can't appreciate the fine arts without homosexuality? Are you dumb, man? Like the entire Renaissance didn't happen or like men didn't invent and develop architecture, music, and mathematics without flamboyant displays of high nasally performatives. What a fag, bro. People used to poke fun at men like Brian Boytano and maybe figure skaters and gymnasts, too, but you definitely wouldn't want to get on their bad side in a dark alley in close quarters
>>1512339>WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans are seeking to give $1 billion in taxpayer funding to the Secret Service this year for security upgrades, including the White House ballroom.Fuck the ballroom. $1 billion isn't enough to un-fuck the Secret Service being compete retards lately. Fucking how hard was it to watch a checkpoint? If that retard didn't try to shoot one of the SS he could've ran right into that party and shot up the entire administration. Some random dumbass 18 year old in basic training can do a better job on fire watch than these morons.
>>1512577>you definitely wouldn't want to get on their bad side in a dark alley in close quartersYeah, i wouldn't want to be raped in a dark alley.
>>1512579He didn't even make it to the same floor, anon. Yes, they fucked up. Maybe it was sabotage, maybe it was incompetence, either way the guy didn't even get close.
>>1512579Trumps approval rating went down on surviving the assassination. I think we all know what America really wants
>>1512599 Dead politicians?
>>1512579>$1 billion isn't enough to un-fuck the Secret Service being compete retards lately. gee I wonder whose fault that is? An orange nigger who has repeatedly fired anyone who doesn't constantly kiss his ass or get morning erections to his shitty books, perhaps?
>>1512544>Honestly they should just bill the blue states for this shit.they already do, your shithole red states are a BURDEN on the nation that only take tax money, 100% of the federal funds that Orange Nigger worship palace will take is funded by by blue states.They should just tear the fucker down since it's not doing its job and is just another vanity project for someone who will be impeached in eight months.
>>1512608>Proud of the coast's inflation and high cost of living due to taxation he billows filth from a high horse.Go KYS.
>>1512608so they should tear it down and rebuild it instead of just renovating it? what a waste of money funny how you're screeching about trump renovations imagine how much it'd cost to rebuildNot enough tax the fuck out of the blueys
>>1512609>>1512613Found the cultists
>>1512613It's fucking hilarious you make this argument without honestly considering the actual cost of both options. The same way maga retards make every decision without considering any information whatsoever, because maga are allergic to fact-based arguments. Masterful satire.
>>1512632retard do you seriously think its cheaper to demolish and rebuild it then it is to renovate?my god how fucking stupid leftists are
