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21 Dec 2018 04:33

The Republican-led House passed a stop-gap spending bill on Thursday night that gives President Trump $5 billion for his border wall. The vote was primarily along party lines, 217-185. The Senate, which passed its own bill on Wednesday with no money for the wall, is unlikely to approve the measure, as it needs to reach 60 votes. At midnight Friday, funding will run out for nine federal departments, affecting more than 800,000 employees. Caving to pressure from conservatives, President Trump on T...
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