First, you still don't understand what the Senate vote was all about. It was not about spending money. The money not spent on the WH tours will be spent elsewhere, e.g., part of the $250 million we just gave to Egypt.
I don't know how you can categorize the costs to tour the WH, which is funded by the taxpayers as friolous. Maybe we should shut down tours of the Capitol, Mount Vernon, and close down the museums. Our national patrimony is important.