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00:02Senate Republicans removed funding for Trump's White House ballroom security from their immigration
00:05funding package after the Senate parliamentarian ruled it violated budget reconciliation rules,
00:09according to CNN. The revised legislative text released Wednesday drops nearly $1 billion in
00:14security adjustments and upgrades that had been included following an assassination attempt
00:17against Trump this spring. Administration officials had said roughly $200 million would go toward
00:21the East Wing project, with the remainder covering other security efforts. Keeping the language would
00:24have required 60 votes, allowing Democrats to filibuster and block $70 billion for ICE and
00:29Border Patrol. The White House attributed the removal to parliamentary rules, not political
00:32pressure. Construction on the ballroom is already underway. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.
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