“The bigger problem is that there’s cold feet among some Republicans about backing the ballroom — just the idea of ballroom funding at all, regardless of how it’s written to survive the procedural hurdles,” Bedford said on The Hugh Hewitt Show on Wednesday.
Bedford said the snag is funding for the Secret Service, a big portion of which would go toward security enhancements for the ballroom.
“The White House is working with senators to try to keep that on track. That’s going to be the controversial part,” Bedford said.
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She also clarified that the ballroom funding in the reconciliation bill is specifically for underground security measures and that the cosmetic upgrades above ground are on hold.
The funding “would involve paying for security enhancements to protect the ballroom.”
Bedford said critics may argue there would be no need for security enhancement funding if there weren’t a
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