2026-05-17 02:39 UTC / 路透社
作者：诺兰·D·麦卡斯克尔
2026年5月17日 美国东部时间凌晨2:39 更新于4分钟前
[1/2]2026年5月2日，美国华盛顿，从华盛顿纪念碑顶部航拍的画面显示，施工人员正在前东翼区域为计划中的白宫舞厅进行场地准备工作。路透社/肯·塞德诺
- 内容摘要
- 参议院议事官移除白宫舞厅项目的安保资金
- 民主党批评该项目耗资巨大，共和党则称其为安保所需
- 拆除东翼的法律纠纷仍在持续
华盛顿5月16日电（路透社）——民主党议员表示，美国参议院一名官员周六从一项大规模支出法案中删除了可用于总统唐纳德·特朗普计划中的白宫舞厅的安保资金，这危及了共和党将纳税人资金投入这个引发争议项目的努力。
参议院议事官伊丽莎白·麦克多诺的这一决定对特朗普及其政府是一记打击，后者此前一直为该舞厅相关的安保用途申请这笔资金。
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特朗普曾表示，舞厅的建设将由4亿美元私人捐款资助。但共和党参议员正寻求从特勤局获得10亿美元纳税人资金，用于舞厅及其下方其他建筑的安保升级。
frivolous diversion or necessary modernization？ （ frivolous diversion译为“无意义的铺张”，necessary modernization译为“必要的现代化改造”）
民主党批评该舞厅是特朗普在美国人面临燃油价格上涨等生活成本上升之际，进行的一项昂贵且无意义的铺张行为。特朗普从房地产开发商转型为政客，他在社交媒体上写道，这将是“世界上同类建筑中最精良的建筑”。
据参议院司法委员会最高民主党议员杰夫·默克利的办公室透露，麦克多诺裁定，这项安保资金条款违反了参议院规则，该规则要求大多数立法需获得60票才能通过。
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共和党在参议院拥有53票对47票的多数席位。
议事官负责解释参议院规则，包括立法条款是否符合规定。共和党参议员仍可修改法案，以争取议事官的批准。
“虽然我们预计共和党会修改该法案以讨好特朗普，但民主党已准备好挑战任何对该法案的修改，”默克利在一份声明中说道。
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩的办公室未立即回复置评请求。
如果共和党未能成功，他们可能无法将与舞厅相关的资金纳入他们计划提交参议院表决的720亿美元支出法案中。预计该法案将以党派投票方式通过，民主党将投反对票。该法案的大部分内容用于移民执法。
共和党一直在援引复杂的预算规则，试图在没有民主党支持的情况下通过该法案。自今年1月联邦移民官员在明尼苏达州的两起事件中杀害美国公民以来，民主党一直反对为特朗普标志性的移民打击行动提供资金，除非进行他们所要求的改革。
共和党称，为舞厅安保提供联邦资金是确保总统安全的必要之举，他们援引了4月份的一起事件：一名据称的枪手冲击了特朗普出席的华盛顿一场正式晚宴媒体活动。
政府方面表示，该舞厅将升级基础设施、强化安保，并缓解白宫的压力——目前白宫经常依赖临时户外设施举办大型活动。特朗普曾表示，舞厅将于2028年9月左右完工，正值他第二任总统任期即将结束之际。
民主党希望在11月的中期选举中赢得国会控制权，他们正利用共和党对舞厅项目的支持，将特朗普的政党描绘成在伊朗战争（特朗普和以色列于2月发动）推高能源成本之际，脱离美国人对生活成本的担忧。
特朗普去年下令拆除白宫东翼——该翼楼于1902年西奥多·罗斯福总统任期内建造，并在四十年后富兰克林·罗斯福总统任期内扩建——以为其舞厅腾出空间。
非营利组织国家历史保护信托基金已提起诉讼，对该项目提出质疑，称总统和管理白宫场地的国家公园管理局均无权拆除这座历史建筑或在未经国会明确批准的情况下新建大型设施。
美国一家上诉法院在4月份允许施工继续进行，此前处理国家历史保护信托基金诉讼案的法官曾下令暂停该项目。
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Federal funding for Trump’s ballroom in jeopardy after Senate ruling
2026-05-17 02:39 UTC / Reuters
By Nolan D. McCaskill
May 17, 2026 2:39 AM UTC Updated 4 mins ago
[1/2]Aerial view from the top of the Washington Monument shows construction crews as they continue site preparation for a planned White House ballroom in the area of the former East Wing in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 2, 2026. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
- Senate parliamentarian removes security funding for White House ballroom project
- Democrats criticize project as costly, Republicans cite security needs
- Legal battle ongoing over demolition of East Wing
WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate official on Saturday removed security funding that could be used for President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom from a massive spending package, Democratic lawmakers said, imperiling Republican efforts to devote taxpayer money to the contentious project.
The decision by the Senate’s parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, deals a blow to Trump and his administration, which has sought the money for security purposes related to the ballroom.
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Trump has said the construction of the ballroom would be funded by $400 million in private donations. But Senate Republicans are seeking $1 billion in taxpayer funding to the Secret Service for security upgrades to the ballroom and other structures being built beneath it.
FRIVOLOUS DIVERSION OR NECESSARY MODERNIZATION?
Democrats have criticized the ballroom as an expensive and frivolous diversion by Trump at a time when Americans face rising costs such as higher fuel prices. Trump, a real estate developer-turned-politician, has written on social media that it will be “the finest Building of its kind anywhere in the World.”
McDonough ruled that the security funding provision falls under chamber rules that require 60 votes to pass most legislation, according to the office of Senator Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate.
The parliamentarian interprets Senate rules, including whether legislative provisions are permitted. Republican senators still could revise the legislation to try to gain the parliamentarian’s approval.
“While we expect Republicans to change this bill to appease Trump, Democrats are prepared to challenge any change to this bill,” Merkley said in a statement.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.
If Republicans do not succeed, they may be unable to include the ballroom-related funding in a $72 billion spending package they plan to bring to a vote on the Senate floor, with passage expected on a party-line vote with Democrats opposed. The bulk of the legislation is devoted to immigration enforcement.
Republicans have been invoking complex budget rules to try to secure passage without any Democratic support. Democrats have opposed funding for Trump’s signature immigration crackdown absent reforms they have sought since federal immigration agents killed U.S. citizens in separate incidents in Minnesota in January.
Republicans have said federal funding for ballroom security is needed to ensure presidential safety, citing an April incident in which an alleged gunman is accused of storming a black-tie media gala in Washington that Trump attended.
The administration has said the ballroom will modernize infrastructure, bolster security and ease strain on the White House, which often relies on temporary outdoor structures to host large events. Trump has said the ballroom will be completed around September 2028, near the end of his second term in office.
Democrats, hoping to win control of Congress in November’s midterm elections, are seizing on Republican support of the ballroom to portray Trump’s party as out of touch with the cost-of-living concerns of Americans at a time of rising energy costs driven by the Iran war he and Israel launched in February.
Trump last year ordered the demolition of the White House’s East Wing – constructed in 1902 during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency and expanded four decades later during Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency – to make way for his ballroom.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit organization, filed a lawsuit challenging the project, arguing that neither the president nor the National Park Service, which manages the White House grounds, possessed the authority to tear down the historic structure or erect a major new facility without explicit congressional approval.
A U.S. appeals court in April allowed construction to continue after the judge handling the National Trust lawsuit issued an order halting the project.
Reporting by Nolan McCaskill and David Morgan; Editing by Andy Sullivan, Will Dunham, Sergio Non and William Mallard
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