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And now the GOP want you to pay $1 Billion for a ballroom.

Marcy Kaptur · A post on X · May 5, 2026

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Checked against No record retrieved settles this sentence: an appropriation for a White House ballroom would be in an enacted bill's text, and the sentence names no bill.

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The post concerned a Senate Republican bill providing $1 billion for security features of the White House East Wing modernization project, which includes a ballroom.

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  1. Are Republicans seeking $1 billion in taxpayer money to pay for Trump’s White House ballroom? · PolitiFact · 2026-05-08 · accessed 2026-09-25
  2. Legislation, votes and the Congressional Record · Library of Congress (Congress.gov) · accessed 2026-10-15

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