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Republicans Cut $1B Ballroom, Trump Calls for Parliamentarian’s Firing

6/3/2026

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Senate Republicans eliminated the $1 billion White House ballroom allocation from the immigration-enforcement bill.
President Donald Trump demanded the firing of Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough after she ruled the ballroom provision too broad for a Republican-only vote and urged continued support for the project.
The revised bill allocates $13 billion to Customs and Border Protection and $31.075 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, plus DHS and border-security funds through 2029.

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Senate Republicans eliminated the $1 billion White House ballroom allocation from the immigration-enforcement bill.
President Donald Trump demanded the firing of Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough after she ruled the ballroom provision too broad for a Republican-only vote and urged continued support for the project.
The revised bill allocates $13 billion to Customs and Border Protection and $31.075 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, plus DHS and border-security funds through 2029.