Congress Oks Border Deal; Trump Will Sign, Declare Emergency

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Thu, 02/14/2019 - 7:28pm

By ALAN FRAM, CATHERINE LUCEY and ANDREW TAYLORWASHINGTON (AP) — Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise Thursday that would avert a second painful government shutdown, but a new confrontation was ignited — this time over President Donald Trump's plan to bypass lawmakers and declare a national emergency to siphon billions from other federal coffers for his wall on the Mexican boundary. Money in the bill for border barriers, about $1.4 billion, is far below the $5.7 billion Trump insisted he needed to build a wall along the Mexican boundary and would finance just a quarter of the 200-plus miles he wanted.Read more on NewsOK.com

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