Deal on stopgap pushes Trump wall fight to February
By Alexander Bolton - 12/19/18 06:00 PM EST
Congressional leaders agreed to a deal Wednesday that will keep the government open until Feb. 8 and push a fight over President Trump’s wall on the Mexican border into next year, when he will have to negotiate with a Democratic House.
The agreement puts a bow on a victory that congressional Democrats really scored last week, when Trump said he would embrace a partial government shutdown over his demand for $5 billion in wall funding. Both parties felt that Trump’s remarks ensured that he would get the blame for any government shutdown.
The stopgap spending measure — which covers seven unfinished appropriations bills — was expected to pass the Senate Wednesday evening. The House could approve it on Thursday.
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