Republicans’ proposed funding for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project is vulnerable to procedural challenges from Democrats if they leverage opaque Senate rules to attack the GOP’s next multi-billion-dollar budget bill.
Senate Democratic staff are combing through the 11-page measure that Republican chairmen released this week aimed at surging $72 billion for immigration enforcement and border security. Republicans are using the budget reconciliation process to circumvent the 60-vote threshold in the Senate so they don’t need Democratic votes.
Democrats will have the chance to convince Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough that provisions of the bill violate procedural safeguards and should be taken ...