GOP heartburn forces messaging pivot from ‘ballroom’ for Trump security money

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Don’t use the dreaded B-word to describe new White House security funding.

Republicans are avoiding the “ballroom” label as they forge ahead with $1 billion in taxpayer money to harden security for President Donald Trump’s new East Wing reconstruction as part of a party-line budget bill.

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