Paul: $1 billion for White House ballroom likely coming out of budget reconciliation bill
Key takeaways
- The $1 billion for the ballroom was included in the portion of legislative text released last week by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- “I’m for still doing it with the private donations,” Paul said of how to pay for the White House ballroom and security enhancements associated with the project.
- He said there are “a lot of questions” whether the $1 billion ballroom provision will survive procedural objections.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Paul, who opposes spending taxpayer dollars on the ballroom, said the $1 billion provided to the Secret Service to provide security enhancements to the White House ballroom faces several major hurdles to remaining in the bill text.
The $1 billion for the ballroom was included in the portion of legislative text released last week by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Judiciary panel’s bill will be combined with text drafted by Paul’s Homeland Security Committee to produce the budget reconciliation package that will come to the Senate floor next week.
“I’m for still doing it with the private donations,” Paul said of how to pay for the White House ballroom and security enhancements associated with the project.