{"id":126785,"date":"2026-05-11T09:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/the-issue-uniting-democrats-and-the-white-house-and-dividing-congressional-republicans\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:24:21","slug":"the-issue-uniting-democrats-and-the-white-house-and-dividing-congressional-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/the-issue-uniting-democrats-and-the-white-house-and-dividing-congressional-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"The issue uniting Democrats and the White House \u2014 and dividing congressional Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Democrats and the White House are, for once, on the same page.<\/p>\n

As for congressional Republicans \u2026 that may be another story.<\/p>\n

Last week, when the Senate GOP released their roughly $70 billion proposal to fund immigration enforcement through reconciliation, Republicans on the Judiciary Committee tucked $1 billion into the bill for \u201csecurity adjustments and upgrades\u201d related to the White House\u2019s \u201cEast Wing Modernization Project.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senate Republicans argue that money is not for the ballroom, with a GOP spokesperson for the Senate Judiciary Committee writing on social media<\/a> that the bill \u201cexplicitly prohibits funds from going to non-security \u2018ballroom\u2019 elements.\u201d<\/p>\n

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