Trump’s Ballroom Funding Hits Procedural Snag in US Senate

A Republican plan to earmark federal funding for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom hit at least a temporary roadblock Saturday in the US Senate.

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who advises members on the chamber’s complex procedural rules, concluded that the spending didn’t comply with Senate budget rules, Senate Democrats said, though Republicans plan to try and rewrite the bill to comply.

“Republicans tried to make taxpayers foot the bill for Trump’s billion-dollar ballroom. Senate Democrats fought back — and blew up their first attempt,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said in a statement.

Ryan Wrasse, ...