Will President Trump Shut Down the Government for Lack of Border Wall Funds?
By Dan Cadman on December 7, 2018
With the approval — indeed, the encouragement — of President Trump, Congress has voted for a short-term spending measure that kicks the can down the road for another two weeks, at which time they will once again be at loggerheads over many things, but primarily funding for a wall to prevent against illegal incursions by illegal aliens and drug smugglers on our southern border.
Even as that short-term measure was sent by the Senate to the White House for signing, Republican Sens. Jim Inhofe (Okla.), Mike Rounds (S.D.), John Kennedy (La.), and Ted Cruz (Texas) announced introduction of S. 3713, the WALL Act, a bill that would provide $25 billion to fully fund the barrier, instead of the $5 billion figure that has been most at play in discussions about a border wall. (At the time of this writing, the actual text of the legislation has not yet been posted for review.)
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