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Six GOP senators vote to block Trump’s White House ballroom
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Six Republican senators voted with Democrats in support of a proposal sponsored by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to block the construction of President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom unless Congress authorizes the project. The amendment would have given Congress sole authority to const
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