The Senate on Thursday voted on a proposal to block the construction of President Trump’s 90,000 square foot ballroom.The proposal, which needed 60 votes, failed 52-47.However, SIX Republican Senators voted with the Democrats to block the construction of the ballroom: Collins, Husted, Moran, Murkowski, Sullivan and Tillis. The proposal was introduced by Democrat Senator Jeff Merkley during Thursday’s vote-a-rama. The Hill reported:Six Republican senators voted with Democrats in support of a proposal sponsored by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to block the construction of President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom unless Congress authorizes the project.The amendment would have given Congress sole authority to construct a new ballroom and would have barred any federal funds or private donations from being used to build the new ballroom without congressional approval.Six Republicans voted with Democrats to waive a procedural objection to the amendment: Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jon Husted (R-Ohio), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.).The amendment, which was proposed during a vote-a-rama on Republicans’ reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement, needed 60 votes to overcome a point-of-order objection.It failed by a vote of 52 to 47.The post BREAKING: Six Republican Senators Vote with Democrats to Block Construction of President Trump’s Ballroom appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.