He said 'no government dollars.' Half the bill is yours.
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Trump's $200M privately-funded promise has become a $600M project with taxpayers covering $300M — and a court ruling he has no authority to build it.
Source article: Democrats cite court ruling, rising costs in seeking GAO ballroom review.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Mimi Wright-Fubar
- Topic tags
- government, government policy, construction and property, law
- Primary entities
- Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer, Williams Brown, Jeffrey Merkley, Martin Heinrich, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Durbin, Jack Reed, Gary Peters, Patty Murray, U.S. Government Accountability Office, The Washington Post, White House, East Wing
- Themes
- Government accountability, Executive authority, Federal spending, Historic preservation
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Truthfulness, Equality & fairness