Montana Congressional delegation quiet on proposal for taxpayers to help fund ballroom project

By: Darrell Ehrlick

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: May 7, 2026

Words: 1,151

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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After an assassination attempt at a journalists’ dinner in Washington, D.C., U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy of Montana said he’d push legislation to fund a White House ballroom – the pet project of President Donald J. Trump.

“It is an embarrassment to the strongest nation on earth that we cannot host gatherings in our nation’s capital, including ones attended by our President, without the threat of violence and attempted assassinations,” Sheehy said, right after the …

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