Construction of the new East Wing ballroom is well underway, visible now from the National Mall. The administration is asking Congress for a billion dollars in dedicated security funding — a number senators in both parties are struggling to defend on the merits.
Republican appropriators have suggested they could support a fraction of the request through existing channels. The political question is whether the conference can hold that line without provoking a public confrontation with the President.
Democrats are content, for now, to let the disagreement play out inside the Republican caucus.
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