US House approves funding bill with $5.7bn for Trump's border wall

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Just breaking now. It appears that a funding bill including almost $6 billion for the border wall has been approved.

The US House of Representatives has approved $5.7bn in funding for a border wall after President Trump rejected a budget without it. The Senate is unlikely to pass the new bill, raising fears of a partial government shutdown.

a reply to: trollz

It's going to be funny when this gets voted down in the senate.

Too bad the Senate will never pass the Anne Coulter Rush Limbaugh bill

Didn't Shumer and Pelosi just tell Trump the house would never vote for this?

a reply to: IAMTAT

That's politics for ya. Get it through the house knowing that the Senate will shoot it down then blame Trump.

Enter the Drama Dragons !!

😈🐴😈

a reply to: JinMI
Schumer was wrong about the House.
He may be wrong about the Senate, as well.

Schumer said, “President Trump should understand there are not the votes for the wall in the House or the Senate. He is not going to get the wall in any form. Even the House which is a majority Republican, they don’t have the votes for his $5 billion wall plan.

www.breitbart.com...

So what happened to trump giving up on the wall?

I'm sure the Dems will vote the bill down and call trump a liar for not building the wall.

originally posted by: IAMTAT
Didn't Shumer and Pelosi just tell Trump the house would never vote for this?

Looks like Trump called Chuckie's bluff........this is going to be interesting for the RINO's in the Senate.

a reply to: IAMTAT

You may be right.

I'm not holding my breath though.

So which Republican Senators will want to be responsible for voting down the wall and the hurricane relief funds...and ultimately the ensuing shutdown?

nvrmd got the answer to my question

Politics is fine, all big words. Grandstanding and promises for the peepz... But when their personal xmas dinner at home is being threatened, the agree with ANY bill...
They have no spine, just special- and personal interests...

a reply to: trollz


I like this plan better:

BRILLIANT! Ted Cruz Calls for $14 Billion Seized from ‘El Chapo’ to Fund Border Wall
www.breitbart.com...

Why not use all of these drug related "asset forfeitures" to fund border security?

a reply to: trollz


LMAO! Is this the same bill that Pelosi insisted would not pass the House during that Press Conference?

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 for passage since the chamber's 49 Democrats are against funding the wall. That, in turn, makes it more likely that parts of the federal government, including nine of 15 Cabinet-level departments and dozens of agencies, will cease operations at midnight Friday.

The vote came hours after Trump told House GOP leaders that he would not enact a Senate-passed package that does not provide money for the barrier.

www.foxnews.com...

originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: IAMTAT

That's politics for ya. Get it through the house knowing that the Senate will shoot it down then blame Trump.

But that is exactly why Trump told Nancy that it doesn't matter if the House passes it if the Senate is going to block it.

a reply to: highvein

Is this the same bill that Pelosi insisted would not pass the House during that Press Conference?

33 members didn't vote. Depending on how they may have voted, it could have failed.

a reply to: trollz

Is this the bill that contains relief funds for people in communities that experienced natural disasters in 2018?

originally posted by: IAMTAT
a reply to: JinMI
Schumer was wrong about the House.
He may be wrong about the Senate, as well.

Schumer said, “President Trump should understand there are not the votes for the wall in the House or the Senate. He is not going to get the wall in any form. Even the House which is a majority Republican, they don’t have the votes for his $5 billion wall plan.

www.breitbart.com...

The Senate has already approved a Stopgap measure.

The Senate late Wednesday approved a stopgap spending measure that will keep the government open until February without President Trump's requested $5 billion for a border wall. Mr. Trump has recently said he would be "proud" to shut down the government to get funding for the border wall.

The spending measure now goes to the House of Representatives, and it has to be signed by Mr. Trump.

www.cbsnews.com...

Two games being played right now. Do you think the house will pass it?

originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: trollz

Is this the bill that contains relief funds for people in communities that experienced natural disasters in 2018?

I believe so.