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Ballroom Billions

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    Public Citizen reported $50,459,516,784 in contract increases for 14 of 27 identified corporate ballroom donors. Its worksheet compares cumulative FY2021-FY2026 obligation snapshots from October 2025 and May 26, 2026; the reported increase is not a transaction-level total of new awards within an exactly dated six-month period.

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    Public Citizen reports $50.46 billion in contract-obligation increases for ballroom donors · Attributed watchdog analysis through May 26, 2026