{"id":2601203,"date":"2026-05-11T11:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-details-strategy-to-oppose-1-billion-for-ballroom-security\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:43:05","slug":"schumer-details-strategy-to-oppose-1-billion-for-ballroom-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-details-strategy-to-oppose-1-billion-for-ballroom-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer details strategy to oppose $1 billion for ballroom security"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fschumer-details-strategy-to-oppose-1-billion-for-ballroom-security%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2601203&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats plan to block a Republican effort-tied to Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley-that seeks about $1 billion in federal White House security funding, which Republicans also link to President Trump\u2019s new ballroom project. Schumer argues the provision is unnecessary and \u201cextraneous\u201d to reconciliation, warning Democrats will use procedural tools such as Byrd Rule challenges, floor amendments, and repeated votes to force Republicans to choose between helping families on costs and health care versus funding Trump\u2019s \u201cgaudy ballroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>the article notes that the reconciliation text does not explicitly fund ballroom construction, but it would allocate money to Secret Service aspects of the facility, while Trump says the ballroom itself would be privately financed. Still, after a shooting attempt at a White House event, Republicans have pushed for federal funding through additional legislation, and Democrats oppose it as a distraction from more urgent priorities. Republicans dispute the characterization, saying the funds are intended for Secret Service security enhancements and to protect all presidents and their staff.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) on Monday detailed his caucus\u2019s strategy to block a Republican measure centered on White House security funding. <\/p>\n<p>Schumer outlined concerns about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a> Judiciary Committee Chairman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-grassley\/\">Chuck Grassley\u2019s<\/a> (R-IA) effort to secure <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4555036\/does-grassley-spending-bill-give-trump-1-billion-for-ballroom\/\">$1 billion in federal funding<\/a> for White House security, including relating to President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> new ballroom project. Schumer argued in a letter that the funding, proposed in the judiciary committee\u2019s reconciliation bill, is unnecessary. Democrats will use legislative maneuvers to block the provision from passing the Senate, he warned.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4562254\/cory-booker-dnc-autopsy-2024-harris-campaign\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Booker tells DNC \u2018release the autopsy\u2019 on failed 2024 Harris campaign<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4561709\/fetterman-bill-maher-democrats-better-message\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Fetterman tells Bill Maher Democrats need to find a better message than just \u2018f*** Trump\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4561069\/fetterman-terrible-republican-party-switch\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Fetterman says he\u2019d be \u2018terrible Republican\u2019 in dismissal of party switch<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats will fight the Republicans\u2019 reconciliation bill with every tool we have,\u201d Schumer wrote. \u201cWe will bring Byrd Rule challenges. We will offer floor amendments. And we will force vote after vote to make the choice unmistakable: will Republicans vote to help American families \u2014 to lower costs, to restore savage health care cuts, to roll back cost-spiking tariffs \u2014 or will they vote to fund Trump\u2019s gaudy ballroom?\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Byrd Rule allows lawmakers to raise a point of order to the Senate parliamentarian to challenge any provision of a reconciliation bill they deem \u201cextraneous.\u201d The rule aims to prevent lawmakers from hijacking the reconciliation process to pass partisan provisions that are not budgetary in nature and would likely face difficulty passing under normal procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats believe Grassley\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-charge-forward-with-shutdown-plan-over-ice-funding\/\" title=\"... Charge Forward with Shutdown Plan Over ICE ...\">security funding measure<\/a> to be such an extraneous provision. The reconciliation bill text does not directly fund ballroom construction, but it allocates the funding to Secret Service-related elements of the facility. <\/p>\n<p>Trump has said that the ballroom itself will be privately funded and cost <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4556952\/trump-defends-bigger-better-ballroom\/\">around $400 million<\/a>. But in the wake <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4543583\/trump-dinner-shooting-white-house-ballroom\/\">of an attack<\/a> at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner, where a gunman faces charges of attempting to assassinate Trump, Republicans have sought to grant the project federal funding.\u00a0Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is among Trump allies looking to propel the project, introducing a bill that would allocate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4545203\/lindsey-graham-bill-trump-white-house-ballroom\/\">$400 million in federal funding<\/a> to the ballroom after Trump argued the WHCA incident proved the White House needs its own secure venue to hold high-profile events. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats have opposed the new ballroom, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4557587\/democrats-eye-midterm-elections-opening-trump-ballroom-security-funding-fight\/\">framing it as a costly distraction<\/a> from more pressing issues. Democrats have sought to paint Grassley\u2019s latest White House security funding measure as a move to \u201chand Trump a billion dollars to build a ballroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Republican-controlled Congress is preparing to answer this moment with a deficit-busting, party-line bill that pours billions more taxpayer dollars into a rogue ICE operation and a billion-dollar ballroom, while doing nothing to end the illegal war in Iran or ease the Republican affordability crisis bearing down on working families,\u201d Schumer wrote in his letter to Senate Democrats. \u201cAt a time when Americans can\u2019t make ends meet, Republicans say \u2018Let them eat cake\u2019 \u2014 and then hand Trump a billion dollars to build a ballroom to serve it in.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4546389\/trump-sides-with-rand-paul-white-house-ballroom-bill\/\"><strong>TRUMP SPURNS ALLIES AND SIDES WITH RAND PAUL ON WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM BILL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans have pushed back against accusations that the judiciary committee\u2019s measure is funding ballroom construction. <\/p>\n<p>Grassley\u2019s provision \u201cprovides funds for Secret Service enhancements, including, but not limited to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-grassleys-spending-bill-give-trump-1-billion-for-the-white-house-ballroom\/\" title=\"Does Grassley&#039;s spending ... give ...  ...ion for the ... ...?\">security enhancements related<\/a> to the East Wing Modernization Project,\u201d a spokesperson for the Senate judiciary committee previously told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cThis necessary funding will ensure all presidents, their families, and their staffs are adequately protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schumer details plan to block GOP $1B White House security plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2601204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26057655021845-e1774529305684.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[79472,36513,79473,4411,33619],"class_list":["post-2601203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ballroom-security","tag-federal-funding","tag-opposition-strategy","tag-schumer","tag-senate-democrats"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26057655021845-e1774529305684.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601203"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601212,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601203\/revisions\/2601212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2601204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}