jimnyc
10-05-2017, 02:06 PM
At least it's one step closer. I'm sure even snippets as such royally piss off many folks, from never Trumpers, to the MSM that hates him and to the liberals that display some newfound tolerance.
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House Panel Approves $10B for Border Wall
A House panel approved $10 billion for a border wall between the United States and Mexico on Wednesday, moving it to the House floor for debate, The Hill reported.
The bill, which passed by a party-line 18-12 vote, includes border wall funding, another $5 billion to improve ports of entry and money for 5,000 new agents for both the Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection, per The Hill.
The bill would also allow the federal government to reimburse states up to $35 million for use of National Guard assets to reinforce border security, The Hill reported.
"We have been talking about border security for so many years and now we finally have a chance to get this done," House Homeland Security Committee chairman Michael McCaul of Texas said of the legislation, per the Washington Examiner.
"We finally have a partner in the White House who has prioritized this issue. It's time for Congress to do its part and get this done," McCaul added.
Democrats complained the during the hearing that the wall was nothing more than keeping an expensive campaign promise for President Donald Trump, the Dallas Morning News reported.
"This bill is a partisan exercise to appease President Trump's misguided vision of border security," said U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, per the Morning News.
Rest - http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/house-panel-approves-10b-border-wall/2017/10/05/id/817807/
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House Panel Approves $10B for Border Wall
A House panel approved $10 billion for a border wall between the United States and Mexico on Wednesday, moving it to the House floor for debate, The Hill reported.
The bill, which passed by a party-line 18-12 vote, includes border wall funding, another $5 billion to improve ports of entry and money for 5,000 new agents for both the Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection, per The Hill.
The bill would also allow the federal government to reimburse states up to $35 million for use of National Guard assets to reinforce border security, The Hill reported.
"We have been talking about border security for so many years and now we finally have a chance to get this done," House Homeland Security Committee chairman Michael McCaul of Texas said of the legislation, per the Washington Examiner.
"We finally have a partner in the White House who has prioritized this issue. It's time for Congress to do its part and get this done," McCaul added.
Democrats complained the during the hearing that the wall was nothing more than keeping an expensive campaign promise for President Donald Trump, the Dallas Morning News reported.
"This bill is a partisan exercise to appease President Trump's misguided vision of border security," said U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, per the Morning News.
Rest - http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/house-panel-approves-10b-border-wall/2017/10/05/id/817807/