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Congress may stiff Trump on wall funding to avoid shutdown

Written by Teunis Felter

Congressional Republicans might deliver some more bad news for President Donald Trump: No new money is coming to build his wall. Trump hoped to jump-start construction of a massive wall on the U.S.-Mexico border with money in a must-pass government funding bill. But Democratic leaders are vowing to block any legislation that includes a single penny for the wall. Republican leaders are considering a plan that would not directly tie the border wall money to the April 28 government funding deadline.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/border-wall-trump-congress-funding-236561

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Teunis Felter

Teunis Felter has over 20 years experience as an author, editor, and scientist. When not exploring outside, he enjoys reading history, researching genealogy, and civilly discussing politics.