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Shutdown Fight Covers Just 1¢ for Every $10 in 2019 Budget

President Trump is pressing Democratic leaders for $5.6 billion in border-fence funding for 2019, but Democrats face little public, media, or political pressure to end the shutdown or provide anything above $1.3 billion for some mix of fencing and various “border security” projects.

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Schumer: Trump Is Not Going to Get the Wall in Any Form

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) declared President Donald Trump was not going to get the U.S.-Mexico border wall “in any form.” Schumer said, “President Trump should understand there are not the votes for

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Richard Shelby: Congress Approaching Government Shutdown

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) said on Thursday that America might face a partial government shutdown, noting that Congress has yet to strike a deal on funding a border wall along America’s southern border.

Congress votes to end shutdown, funding bill heads to Trump

Trump Hails Israel’s Wall as Model for U.S.-Mexico Border

TEL AVIV – In an extraordinary on-camera spat with Democratic leaders Tuesday, President Donald Trump invoked a wall built by Israel in a threat to shut down the federal government if he doesn’t get the $5 billion needed to build his proposed wall between the United States and Mexico.

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