Border wall battle could spark a government shutdown
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(Worthy News) – President Trump’s proposal to fund an extension of the nation’s southern border wall is pitting most Republicans against Democrats in a battle that could end up in a partial government shutdown.
“It does complicate things,” Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., a key appropriator, told the Washington Examiner.
Democrats have pledged to vote against further 2018 government funding legislation if it provides money for the wall, citing a wide range of reasons for opposing the structure, some of them political. [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]
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