{"id":2610718,"date":"2026-06-04T15:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-gop-senators-back-blocking-construction-of-trumps-ballroom\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:33:51","slug":"six-gop-senators-back-blocking-construction-of-trumps-ballroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-gop-senators-back-blocking-construction-of-trumps-ballroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Six GOP senators back blocking construction of Trump&#8217;s ballroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fsix-gop-senators-back-blocking-construction-of-trumps-ballroom%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=2610718&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>A Democratic push to bar federal spending and private donations for President Donald Trump\u2019s planned East Wing ballroom without congressional approval drew support from six Republican senators-susan Collins, lisa Murkowski, Jerry Moran, Dan Sullivan, Thom Tillis, and Jon husted-but still failed. The measure required 60 votes and fell short, getting a 52-47 tally.<\/p>\n<p>the effort was introduced as an amendment to the GOP\u2019s $70 billion immigration enforcement bill. Republicans had initially sought to use the bill\u2019s reconciliation process to redirect about $220 million toward ballroom security, but they ultimately had to remove the funding after opposition and the limits of the reconciliation rules.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters argued the amendment would force Congress to review and approve any such construction.  <\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A half-dozen Republican senators bucked their party Thursday to support a Democratic effort to prohibit the construction of President Donald Trump\u2019s yet-to-be-built <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4593536\/senate-republicans-drop-trump-ballroom-security-funding\/\">East Wing ballroom<\/a> without congressional approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those six members were Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Jon Husted (R-OH). Still, the endeavor needed 60 votes and was defeated.<\/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\/4594904\/senate-vote-trump-anti-weaponization-fund\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Three Republicans buck GOP as Senate defeats attempt to block Trump \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4592988\/nick-saban-warn-ncaa-race-to-bottom-spending\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Nick Saban warns that current NCAA landscape is a \u2018race to the bottom\u2019 if spending isn\u2019t reined in<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4593536\/senate-republicans-drop-trump-ballroom-security-funding\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Senate Republicans make it official and cut Trump ballroom funding<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The undertaking came in the form of an amendment to the GOP\u2019s $70 billion <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4576229\/senate-budget-committee-advance-reconciliation-bill-fund-ice\/\">immigration enforcement bill<\/a> that Republicans initially tried to use for $220 million in ballroom security funding for the project. However, they were ultimately <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4593536\/senate-republicans-drop-trump-ballroom-security-funding\/\">forced to strip the money<\/a> due to opposition and the strict rules of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retiring-senate-dems-pave-way-for-anti-filibuster-replacements\/\" title=\"Retiring Senate Dems pave way for anti...filibuster replacements\">filibuster-skirting reconciliation process<\/a> being used.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The amendment would have banned federal funds and private donations from being used to construct the ballroom unless Trump received the green light from Congress. The tally was 52-47.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4594904\/senate-vote-trump-anti-weaponization-fund\/\">THREE REPUBLICANS BUCK GOP AS SENATE DEFEATS ATTEMPT TO BLOCK TRUMP \u2018ANTI-WEAPONIZATION\u2019 FUND<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins and Husted, who are both up for reelection in battleground states, as well as Sullivan, were the three GOP senators who broke with their party on an earlier amendment to thwart the creation of the Justice Department\u2019s \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTrump has fought for his ballroom harder than he\u2019s ever fought to lower your costs,\u201d the office of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said in a statement. \u201cCongress should be a check on Trump\u2019s corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A half-dozen GOP senators sided with Democrats to block Trump\u2019s East Wing ballroom without Congress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2610719,"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\/01\/AP25155601319149.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[65586,5919,6203,3740,3634],"class_list":["post-2610718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ballroom","tag-construction","tag-gop","tag-senate","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25155601319149.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610718","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610718"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610722,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610718\/revisions\/2610722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}