{"id":82529,"date":"2026-05-28T22:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/congressional-democrats-argue-in-filing-that-white-house-ballroom-construction-shouldnt-proceed-without-congress-consent\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:50:21","slug":"congressional-democrats-argue-in-filing-that-white-house-ballroom-construction-shouldnt-proceed-without-congress-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/congressional-democrats-argue-in-filing-that-white-house-ballroom-construction-shouldnt-proceed-without-congress-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressional Democrats argue in filing that White House ballroom construction shouldn&#8217;t proceed without Congress&#8217; consent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Roughly 150 Democratic lawmakers filed a legal brief Thursday in the ongoing <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/federal-appeals-court-white-house-ballroom-construction-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">White House East Wing litigation<\/a><\/span>, asserting that <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/white-house-ballroom-construction-security-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">construction<\/a><\/span> cannot continue until the Trump administration obtains express consent from Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The President cannot undertake any construction at the White House\u2014much less demolish one of its wings\u2014without clear authorization from Congress, as well as an appropriation of funds to do so,&#8221; lawyers for the Democrats wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The coalition of lawmakers is led by Reps. Robert Garcia and Jared Huffman of California, and Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse.<\/p>\n<p>They argue that the president has no right to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-says-donating-millions-ballroom-east-wing-demolished\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">demolish structures<\/a><\/span> or to build new ones on White House grounds because &#8220;[t]he Constitution grants Congress exclusive control over all federal property,&#8221; and it has yet to approve funding or an authorization for the project.<\/p>\n<p>The administration has contended that a statute permitting the White House to perform routine maintenance and repairs to the executive mansion provides a legal justification for the privately funded $400 million demolition and construction of the East Wing. Congress only appropriated about $2.5 million for such repairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Congress &#8220;does not fund largescale construction projects with drop-in-the-bucket funding,&#8221; the lawmakers wrote in the amicus brief.<\/p>\n<p>The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit against President Trump late last year. In March, a federal judge ruled that construction could not proceed until Congress green-lit the project. A panel of appellate judges has temporarily allowed construction to continue and will hear arguments next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, has argued in recent filings that reconstruction of the East Wing \u2014 which includes a ballroom, kitchen space and secure facilities \u2014 is a matter of national security. He has claimed the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">shootings<\/a><\/span> at the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner and near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building last Saturday make completion of the project all the more urgent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans briefly contemplated a measure that would have <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/republicans-seek-1-billion-taxpayer-dollars-trumps-ballroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">provided a billion dollars<\/a><\/span> to bolster ballroom security, but that provision has since been dropped from a larger GOP bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Trump is building a billion-dollar ballroom. Everyone should be disgusted by his illegal and unconstitutional vanity project. We are fighting this in court,&#8221; said Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Two other interested parties filed amici briefs in the ballroom case this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the Campaign Legal Center, two nonprofits focused on government ethics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/73204895\/01208853857\/national-trust-for-historic-preservation-v-nps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> that accepting ballroom donations from companies and individuals with business before the government presents a conflict of interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Congress should appropriate money for the ballroom, the ethics groups asserted. &#8220;This is a check against both Executive extravagance and the risk of corrupting influence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A consortium of architects and preservationists filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/73204895\/01208853741\/national-trust-for-historic-preservation-v-nps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">separate brief<\/a>, also taking a stand against the administration, arguing, &#8220;The president has no inherent authority to direct destruction of historic federal property within a national park and then use private funds to satisfy his personal quest to build a massive, discordant, above-ground ballroom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p 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