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| House Republicans Unveil $1.6 Billion Plan for Building Border Wall |
| 2017-07-12 |
| [PJ] The House Appropriations Committee unveiled legislation Tuesday to fund Homeland Security and begin building President Donald Trump's wall on the southern border. Mexico will not be footing the bill as promised, however. Via NBC Washington: The move by the House Appropriations Committee again puts the Trump administration and its allies on Capitol Hill on a collision course with Democrats who oppose the wall and succeeded in blocking a request by Trump to deliver the money when passing an omnibus spending measure earlier this spring. Democrats objected to the funding and significant opposition surfaced among Republicans as well, many of whom have problems with the wall. The administration and congressional Republicans took a pass on forcing the issue in May but vowed to fight for the wall this summer and fall. During last year's campaign, Trump bragged that Mexico would pay for the wall but he's never come up with a serious plan to deliver on his boast. Instead, the $1.6 billion down payment for the wall will be added to the government's almost $20 trillion debt. The wall money is embedded in a $44 billion homeland security funding bill released on Tuesday by the House Appropriations Committee. A House Appropriations subcommittee is slated to give the measure a preliminary OK on Wednesday. GOP leaders hope to pass the measure before adjourning for the August break. |
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| #1 Wall defeated by a rope and climbing harness. Mexican woman, 37, is left dangling on border wall and has to be rescued by US officials |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-07-12 10:52 |