A group of Democratic senators on Friday introduced a bill that would block the spending of federal funds on livestreaming construction of President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE's border wall after The Washington Post reported that White House officials were planning to set up cameras for a livestream.

The "No Wall-Cam Act’’ was introduced Friday by Sens. Ed Markey Edward (Ed) John MarkeyA game theorist's advice to President Trump on filling the Supreme Court seat Watchdog confirms State Dept. canceled award for journalist who criticized Trump 3 reasons why Biden is misreading the politics of court packing MORE (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono Mazie Keiko HironoManchin defends Supreme Court candidate Barrett: 'It's awful to bring in religion' Democrats shoot down talk of expanding Supreme Court Democrats unveil plan declaring racism a public health issue MORE (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker Cory Anthony BookerThe movement to reform animal agriculture has reached a tipping point Watchdog confirms State Dept. canceled award for journalist who criticized Trump 3 reasons why Biden is misreading the politics of court packing MORE (D-N.J.) and Ron Wyden Ronald (Ron) Lee WydenHillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Democratic senators ask inspector general to investigate IRS use of location tracking service MORE (D-Ore.), according to a statement from Markey's office.

"Federal funds may be expended to install or operate a video recording device at a border wall construction site for the purpose of live streaming the construction activities through a webcam," the proposal states.

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An unidentified senior White House official told the Post that "there will be a wall cam, and it’ll launch early next year."

The newspaper reported that the initiative aims to increase support for construction of President Trump's signature project.

“The only thing more senseless and wasteful than an ineffective border wall is installing a camera to livestream its construction,” Booker, who is running for president, said in the statement.

“Federal funds should be used to improve the lives of Americans, not capture the activities of Trump’s xenophobic vanity project,” he added.

Markey said in the statement that "the only idea dumber than building a so-called ‘impenetrable’ wall" is "livestreaming it.”

"We shouldn’t waste a single dollar on a wall-cam,” Markey said.