Republicans are redrafting a provision in their immigration enforcement bill that would direct security funding toward parts of President Donald Trump’s ballroom project, according to four people granted anonymity to report details of the talks.
The decision comes after a bipartisan meeting Friday with the Senate parliamentarian on the portion of the bill that could inject taxpayer funding into the controversial project. Republicans and Democrats made their respective cases for and against $1 billion in Secret Service funding — roughly $220 million of which, according to administration estimates, could go toward the East Wing “hardening.”
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