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White House ballroom security funding has become a partisan flashpoint as Senate Republicans add $1B for Secret Service upgrades tied to the East Wing project. The Silicon Review reports on the clash after the WHCD shooting. A political firestorm is brewing over white house ballroom security funding. Senate Republicans have quietly added 1billion for Secret Service upgrades tied to President Trump‘s East Wing ballroom project as part of a sweeping 72 billion immigration enforcement package. The move directly contradicts Trump’s repeated promises that the 90,000-square-foot facility would cost taxpayers “ZERO” dollars. The GOP bill, designed to bypass a Democratic filibuster via budget reconciliation, designates the funds for “security adjustments and upgrades, including above-ground and below-ground security features for the East Wing Modernization Project. While security funding proponents insist the money is solely for fortifying the White House complex citing the April 25 assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner critics call it a blatant taxpayer-funded subsidy for a vanity project. “Republicans l...