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GOP pushes $1 B Trump Golden Epstein Hall, Critics Slam.

5/7/2026

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Republicans introduced a $1 billion bill to fund President Donald Trump’s Golden Epstein Dance Hall, proposing borrowing.
The proposal would add to the United States’ $39 trillion debt, already generating more than $1 trillion in interest and $2 trillion by 2030.
Critics say the rising interest could fund childcare, tuition-free college, health care, infrastructure and clean energy, which they attribute to tax cuts under Reagan, Bush and Trump and to Bush’s wars.

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Republicans introduced a $1 billion bill to fund President Donald Trump’s Golden Epstein Dance Hall, proposing borrowing.
The proposal would add to the United States’ $39 trillion debt, already generating more than $1 trillion in interest and $2 trillion by 2030.
Critics say the rising interest could fund childcare, tuition-free college, health care, infrastructure and clean energy, which they attribute to tax cuts under Reagan, Bush and Trump and to Bush’s wars.