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Architect Shalom Baranis said the ballroom will seat 1,000 people and have a footprint of 22,000 square feet.
He said the overall project is 89,000 square feet.
The commission didn't vote on the ballroom.
That will come at a future meeting.
A White House official and the architect leading the ballroom project presented an overview to the National Capital Planning Commission, including drawings and renderings of what the structure, as designed, would look like next to the existing White House.
Architect Shalom Baranis said the ballroom will seat 1,000 people and have a footprint of 22,000 square feet.
He said the overall project is 89,000 square feet.
The commission didn't vote on the ballroom.
That will come at a future meeting.
Yes, though I do have to say, how many mountains are there?
How can we have so many mountains climbed?
Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
I'm Tamara Keith.
I cover the White House.
And NPR business correspondent Camila Dominovsky is here.
Hi, Camila.
Hi, y'all.
So today on the show, we are talking about oil, specifically how President Trump plans to use Venezuelan oil and whether those plans can give him the political boost he's hoping for.