Democrats are seeking to put limits on private donations to foot the bill for President Donald Trump’s new White House ballroom amid what they say are bribery concerns.

Trump announced in October that construction had started on the ballroom leading to the demolition of the White House’s historic East Wing. He said it would be privately funded at an estimated cost of 300 million dollars. That was up from the 200 million dollar estimate first provided in July when the project was unveiled.

But Democrats are concerned the donors including individuals and other organizations are footing the bill for the project because they are seeking something in return from the Trump administration. They recently introduced legislation to try to curb it.

Although the White House released a list of the donors in October, Democrats including Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Adam Schiff of California claim that additional oversight is needed. They say the White House has not identified all donors while others have been granted anonymity.

Among those who’ve donated to the ballroom project are Google, Apple, Meta Platforms, Amazon, Microsoft and Lockheed Martin. As a result lawmakers argue that those who’ve contributed to the project could be doing so to curry favor with the administration, setting up a pay-to-play relationship with the Trump administration.

Specifically lawmakers pointed to Google agreeing to a 22 million dollar settlement with Trump in September. This stemmed from Trump’s censorship lawsuit against YouTube for banning him from the platform after the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol. Google which owns YouTube is also involved in an antitrust case leveled against it by the Justice Department and therefore could benefit from soliciting favor from the Trump administration the lawmakers claim.

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Warren issued a statement Tuesday attacking the project and Trump.

“Billionaires and giant corporations with business in front of this administration are lining up to dump millions into Trump’s new ballroom — and Trump is showing them where to sign on the dotted line. Americans shouldn’t have to wonder whether President Trump is building a ballroom to facilitate a pay-to-play scheme for political favors. My new bill will put an end to what looks like bribery in plain sight.”

Warren along with the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee Representative Robert Garcia of California spearheaded the legislation. Other lawmakers including Schiff, Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and others have also cosponsored the measure.

Specifically the legislation would bar donations from organizations or individuals that present a conflict of interest. It would prohibit the president, vice president or their families and staff from soliciting donations.

Once donations have been made and are cleared by the directors of the National Park Service and the Office of Government Ethics, the measure would then bar displaying donors’ names in recognition of the donation. It would also require a two-year freeze for the donor to lobby the federal government.

Additionally it would prohibit using any remaining donated funds to then go toward personal use or to benefit the president, vice president or their family and staff.

Likewise the measure also would require that donors disclose meetings with the federal government that occur in the year following the donation and prohibit anonymous donations.

Blumenthal issued his own statement Tuesday attacking Trump’s project.

“President Trump has put a ‘for sale’ sign on the White House—soliciting hundreds of millions of dollars from special interests to fund his $300 million vanity project. Our measure is a direct response to Trump’s ballroom boondoggle. With commonsense reforms to how the federal government can use private donations, our legislation prevents President Trump and future presidents from using construction projects as vehicles for corruption and personal vanity.”

Meanwhile the White House dismissed the measure and Democrats’ efforts to impose new restrictions on donations.

White House spokesman Davis Ingle issued a statement to Fox News Digital on Monday.

“President Trump is making the White House beautiful and giving it the glory it deserves. Only people with a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome would find a problem with that.”

Trump has initiated several renovation projects at the White House during his second term including adding gold accents to the White House’s Oval Office and paving the Rose Garden.

The Democratic legislation represents yet another attempt to hamstring Trump’s presidency over a project that costs taxpayers nothing. By having private companies fund the ballroom Trump is actually saving government money while improving a historic building.

The accusations of bribery are particularly rich coming from Democrats who accepted massive donations from tech companies for years. These same companies that are now donating to the ballroom previously gave overwhelmingly to Democratic candidates and causes.

Warren’s claim that this represents bribery in plain sight ignores the transparent donor list the White House released. If Trump wanted to hide something he would not have made the contributions public.

The two-year lobbying freeze Democrats propose would actually harm the companies donating by preventing them from normal engagement with government. This makes their bribery claims even less credible since the donors would be punished for contributing.