""They don't have a bid, they don't have engineering, they don't have architecture. ...They just kind of made that number up," he said. "So from what I know now, I will not be voting for the ballroom fund.""
""I do not think the case has been made," Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said about the possibility of funding the ballroom project."
"Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said, "One billion in ballroom funding is just not going to fly, right? It's just not going to fly.""
"Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) told colleagues Monday that he would oppose the overall immigration enforcement bill this week if it includes the ballroom-related money. He will support the bill, a spokesperson said, if the line item is removed."
Sen. Bill Cassidy said he would not vote for ballroom-related funding absent new information, citing a lack of bids, engineering, and architecture and characterizing the figure as made up. Sen. Susan Collins said the case for funding the ballroom project has not been made. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said $1 billion for ballroom funding would not succeed. Sen. Thom Tillis said he would oppose an immigration enforcement bill if it includes ballroom-related money, but would support it if the line item is removed. Senate Republicans are also revising a $1 billion Secret Service security provision after a parliamentarian ruled it did not comply with reconciliation rules. Leadership faces private concerns and is considering scaling back funding or adding guardrails as voting approaches.
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