Event Brief
Parliamentarian blocks Trump ballroom funding in bill
Filed: May 17, 2026 at 8:02 AM ET
Summary: A GOP bill seeking $1 billion for Secret Service ballroom financing is in jeopardy after pushback from the Senate parliamentarian.
WHO: Senate parliamentarian
WHAT: Pushback against a GOP budget bill provision to fund President Trump’s White House ballroom via Secret Service financing
WHEN: May 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: The Senate parliamentarian rejected the ballroom funding provision in the budget bill.
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