Holdouts in both chambers span across the ideological spectrum, from centrists to fiscal hawks. Some are even demanding that the administration produce a more detailed accounting of how a portion of the federal funds would be spent on a ballroom that Trump has long promised would be fully paid through private donations and his own money.
There appears to be little more that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) can do to persuade weary Republicans of greenlighting the security funding that’s tucked into a party-line immigration enforcement bill. The ball now rests in the administration’s court.
“I think we want to see that full breakdown,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said. “It’s a pretty nice, round number. Convenient.”
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Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), co-chairman of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, advocated the portion for ballroom security, estimated to cost Secret Service $220 million, be stripped from the
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