https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5882011-senate-parliamentarian-rejects-trump-white-house-ballroom-funding/The Senate parliamentarian late Saturday ruled against a $1 billion provision intended to fund President Trump’s White House ballroom in the budget reconciliation package.According to Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), who serves as the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, the guidance states that “a project as complex and large in scale as Trump’s proposed ballroom necessarily involves the coordination of many government agencies which span the jurisdiction of many Senate committees,” adding that the funding provision is outside the scope of the Judiciary panel.Earlier this month, the Senate Judiciary Committee — as well as the upper chamber’s Homeland Security Committee — included funding for the new complex in a budget reconciliation bill for federal immigration enforcement.According to Merkley, Elizabeth MacDonough, the nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian, said the ballroom funds violated the Byrd Rule — a strict Senate provision that prevents nonbudgetary, “extraneous” provisions from being passed through the budget reconciliation process. “The Parliamentarian’s advice is based on whether a provision is appropriate for reconciliation and conforms to the limitations of the Byrd Rule; it is not a judgement on the relative merits of a particular policy,” the Saturday statement from Merkley’s office reads, adding that any vote on ballroom funding would be subject to a 60-vote threshold.Amid the setback for the White House, Ryan Wrasse, who serves as the communications director for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), said the plan is to “Redraft. Refine. Resubmit.” “None of this is abnormal during a Byrd process,” Wrasse posted to the social platform Twitter on Saturday evening.
The Trump administration has sought to secure the $1 billion to provide security for the new ballroom at the White House, prompting pushback from Democrats and even some Republicans.
>>1515455>Ryan Wrasse, who serves as the communications director for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), said the plan is to “Redraft. Refine. Resubmit.” Sure. We're close enough to midterms now that voters will remember Republicans, who have allowed two government shutdowns and the SAFE Act to completely stall out, going out of their way to give Trump a billion in taxpayer dollars for his ballroom while gas is over 4.50 a gallonThat should definitely work in their favor at the polls come November
You mean the ballroom that would be completely funded by private investors and no tax dollars would be spent on it? That ballroom?
>>1515480That was before they tried to assassinate Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner.They need to spend more on security now
>>1515487god you're esl
>>1515488He's right, y'know? Donald Trump has had more assassination attempts, that we know of, than any other president in the history of this country. Maybe if you animals would stop trying to kill him all the time...
>>1515489here's another rupee
>>1515487You mean his latest staged attempt? That trump intentionally weakened security for? And was the only one who wasn't startled and still managed to fall flat on his face leaving? And all his shills on social media started screaming to build the Epstein ballroom before any info was published?
>>1515492>all of the attempts were STAGED!Yes, tell me more how Trump planned to be shot at by some retarded kid who was the least accurate on the shooting team.
>>1515487How will a new ballroom on the taxpayer dime protect Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner, a private event that has never been held at the White House?
>>1515493>Didn't even make it to the floor trump was onThere's your answer
>>1515487The existing security proved to be perfectly sufficient. That guy didn't even get to the same floor as Trump, let alone the same room.GOD that shit was staged as fuck. The fact that the bot army immediately went in lockstep to say that it justified the fuckass ballroom is proof enough.
>>1515495OR have you considered the possibility that anti-gun democrats are just shit at using firearms?Naaaah! That can't be it. It has to be an inside job. There's no way the people who get their gun knowledge from video games wouldn't know what the fuck they're doing. It was all rigged by Orange Man.
>>1515494This. The WHCA might move the event to the Washington convention center for better security, but they are not at all keen on moving it to the White House. Trump and other presidents have refused the invitation before. Whata you gonna do?
>>1515455Who in the fuck cares about the ballroom?
>>1515487>trump's security proving to be sufficient proves that trump's security is insufficient
>>1515513People who don’t like the government wasting money on things they already said they wouldn’t be spending public funds on. Does Trump ever not lie?
>>1515517So no you, the one complaining then?Go firebomb more Teslas, shithead.
Oh look TIDF is here to make you forget about the baalroom
>>1515519>No argument>Ad homConcession accpted.
>>1515503>WhataboutBut we're talking about trump's latest staged attempt ESL.
>>1515518Who the fuck looks at this and goes, "Damn, we didn't waste a billion dollars on a pedophiles illegal vanity project!"Fuck you you stupid piece of shit, go get spitroasted on grndr.
>>1515525Who bombs Teslas because government spending is being cut?And preemptively let me just address>Schrodinger's DOGE>DOGE isn't cutting spending>DOGE is cutting spending so I need to bomb Tesla's over it.And of course>Schrodinger's Liggeral>I'm angry enough to bomb Teslas over spending being cut>Now I'm furious over government spending (but I'm really don't care, but you should)I'm tired of piggy liggerals. Go die.
>>1515526Because the spending is being cut from programs that feed and house people and being funneled to senseless wars and vanity projects. but your gay ass argument was in bad faith anyway, glowie.
>>1515521>Concession accpted>accpted>inb4 "grammar nazi"god you're esl.
>>1515513I do, because it's a very simple request and dems have to fight him on even this. It's not like he's asking to give everyone free healthcare or absolve all student debt. It's one simple building and they have to fight him over this.
>>1515530Was the Ukraine war a senseless war?
>>1515530No it wasn't, retard. Who radicalized you?
>>1515480old and fake news, migatard bot. get your programming updated. the initial $400m was just a tip for zognald, he needs another billion for it.
>>1515513apparently the entire republican party. they need a place to safely dance like fags with a bunch of saudis and jews.
>>1515544>Be me, Democrat>Huge prolapsed faggot>Denounce my way of life to get dRumpfInteresting.
>>1515544>they need a place to safely dance like fags with a bunch of saudis and jews.Because you keep trying to kill them.
>>1515544>they need a place to safely dance like fagsI'm a Republican and a fag. I'm a masculine sort of guy that likes other masculine sort of guys. Women are so needy and whiny, and require a lot of maintenance in the relationship. Me and my fellow Republican bum buddies just go out and dance on the floor and come home and have some great sex and grab some beer& pizza and see each other next week.Couple of times a year we go out deer hunting then have some great group sex in the lodge
>>1515550And the current safety measures are clearly sufficient to keep them safe. They don't need more.
There is no justification on spending more on Trump's security. Only the first shooter managed to get a headshot on Trump, the second, third and forth didn't even hit Trump with a bullet.
>>1515586>There is no justification on spending more on Trump's security.The fact that he has the most attempted assassinations than any president in history is justification.
>>1515587god you're esl
>>1515587How? They’re being stopped.
>>1515602Barely. They only need to succeed once, and given the whole Trump = Hitler rhetoric that will never go away it's only a matter of time before for another retard gives it another shot (pun intended).
>>1515609>Barely.No.
>>1515611Yes.Trump nearly had his head blown off, he was almost sniped at a golf course and recently a plebbitor naruto-ran his way through a security checkpoint.
>>1515615No. Only the first guy got anywhere close. Every would-be assassin since got caught well in advance. No, he was not “almost sniped,” he wasn’t even on the golf course. The naruto runner didn’t even get to the same floor as him. Trump’s security is ALREADY WORKING.Don’t pretend this is anything but naked corruption. This administration’s already overflowing with it.
>>1515617he's a shill, he knows it's corruption because he's part of the corruption
>>1515617>Don’t pretend this is anything but naked corruption. This administration’s already overflowing with it.Miss me with this bullshit. Biden's admin was overflowing with corruption over Burisma and nobody gave a fuck. Trump wants to build a ballroom? WOAAAHHH!!! HE CAN'T DO THAT!!!
>>1515617>Corruption is using government funds to build a government buildingWTF. Look, you fuckwits need a reality check.Do you think you're fooling anyone?
>>1515619Even the most absurd Biden fantasies don’t hold a candle to the actually real corruption around Trump.>>1515620Projection.
>>1515619>burismathanks for admitting you're literally a russia shill
>>1515622crack baby. go troll elsewhere
>>1515624esl shill, this isn't your safe space
>>1515622>Even the most absurd Biden fantasies don’t hold a candle to the actually real corruption around Trump.Yeah let me know when Trump withholds half a billion dollars of aid to a country that needs it unless they fire their top prosecutor looking into corruption for a company that just happens to have Trump's son on their board of directors, making millions of dollars for the family that we'll never know the full amount of because Trump gave his son a blanket pardon after he got busted for breaking gun laws while there's pictures of him doing cocaine and fucking hookers.
>>1515626And even if that was all true, Trump’s still worse.
>>1515625It's totally safe. Did you think your one line retarded trashposting is a threat?lol
>>1515629>And even if that was all trueWhich part wasn't? Go ahead.
>>1515635I see your bait. No.
>>1515639That's what I thought.
>>1515631keep trying to convince us you're not upset, esl shill. i think it's working
>>1515640>https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/politics/2024/12/16/alexander-smirnov-guilty-plea-lying-bribes-bidens-burisma>alexander smirnovso are you also named something comically russian? or are you one of the outsourced shills
Hmmm
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