US Politics
A Palace or a Principle? The $1 Billion Ballroom and the Blurring of Budgetary Integrity
Senate Republicans have attached $1 billion for White House security upgrades, including for President Trump's ballroom project, to a bill funding immigration enforcement. This cynical exploitation of a tragedy to fund a presidential vanity project, while using a partisan maneuver to bypass democratic debate on immigration, represents a profound and dangerous erosion of legislative integrity.
