May 11, 2019
House passes $19 billion disaster-aid package over Trump’s veto threat
By Chriss Street
The Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a $19.1 billion pork-rich disaster recovery bill that President Trump is threatening to veto.
Trump and the Republicans might have been willing to sign on to the package if it funded the president’s demand for $4.5 billion in emergency funding to help the Department of Homeland Security deal with a near-record 98,997 border apprehensions in April. But Democrats almost unanimously oppose any new detention funding.
President Trump tweeted his opposition to the bill on Thursday night before the vote:
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