FB-017 · "The Ballroom Will Be Privately Funded."

President Trump announced the East Wing Modernization Project — including a new White House ballroom — would be privately funded. Senate Republicans then inserted $1 billion into a reconciliation bill for security upgrades to the same project. The bill text specified the funds could not cover non-security elements; the Bureau notes that a security perimeter around a privately-funded ballroom is a security element. The White House applauded the proposal. The Senate Parliamentarian ruled it impermissible. Republican leaders abandoned it before a vote. The Bureau files three numbers: $400M (private, per the President), $1B (public, per the Senate), $0 (permissible, per the Parliamentarian). The dance floor has not been laid.