Senate Democrats to fight Republicans’ $1bn funding plan for Trump’s ballroom
by Chris Stein in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#75HV8)
Chuck Schumer accuses GOP of asking working families to pay the price while Trump pockets the perks' in letter
Chuck Schumer, the US Senate's top Democrat, has vowed to oppose a Republican plan to spend $1bn on security improvements for the ballroom Donald Trump is seeking to build on the White House's former East Wing.
The money is set to be included in a measure Republicans plan to pass that would allocate about $70bn to the federal agencies leading Trump's mass deportation campaign, with the intention of keeping them operational through the remainder of the president's term.
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