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House Finally Passes Spending Bill With $5 Billion For Border Wall

Republicans in the House have finally passed a spending bill which includes $5 billion for the wall. Democrats will try to kill it in the Senate, but we at least have a chance of seeing it passed. Republicans probably waited too long to do this.

FOX News reports:

House approves spending bill with $5.7B for border wall

The House of Representatives Thursday approved a bill that would fund most of the federal government through early February — and provides $5.7 billion for President Trump’s long-promised border wall, increasing the chances of a partial government shutdown later this week.

Eight Republicans joined all 177 voting Democrats to oppose the measure, which passed 217-185. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it is certain to fall short of the 60 votes needed […]

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