Court Halts Trump's Plan: Needs Congressional Approval for Ballroom
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
WASHINGTON DC — A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must stop the construction of its $400 million ballroom at the White House without Congressional approval. According to the decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Donald Trump does not have the individual authority to build an 8,400-square-foot ballroom on the site where the East Wing of the White House once stood before he ordered its demolition. In a resolution with a 2-1 vote, the court sided with historic preservation advocates who filed a lawsuit to halt the construction. However, it indicated that it would stay the execution of its own ruling for two weeks to allow the government to appeal to the Supreme Court. "The decision of whether or not to build a large ballroom is for Congress to determine and is not a matter for the Executive Branch to act on its own," the ruling stated.
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