Senate GOP Seeks $1 Billion for Secret Service, Trump Ballroom

May 5, 2026, 2:57 AM UTC

A top Senate Republican has proposed spending as much as $1 billion for US Secret Service security adjustments and upgrades, including for President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom.

The funding would come in legislation authored by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, who on Monday released language for his panel’s portion of a forthcoming spending bill for law enforcement and border security. The measure, known as a reconciliation bill, would allow for Republicans to pass the money over Democratic objections, because it can’t be blocked with a filibuster.

The legislation comes less than two weeks after a gunman ...

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