President Donald Trump’s veto of a border security measure will stand after House Democrats could not earn enough votes to stop the veto.
President Donald Trump’s veto of a border security measure will stand after House Democrats could not earn enough votes to stop the veto.
On Monday, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced that the Pentagon has okayed the use of $1 billion for building President Trump’s controversial southern border wall.
After reaching a tentative agreement on the border wall funding earlier this week, the U.S. Senate and House have both passed the bipartisan funding bill on Thursday and have sent it to President Trump to sign.
Lawmakers came to a tentative agreement on funding for the border wall on Monday just ahead of the deadline that would have shut the government down again.
The government shutdown may have temporarily ended, but conversations about the U.S.-Mexico border are far from over.
According to the New York Times, the government will remain open only until February 15, unless House and Senate Democrats and the President can come to an agreement on funding for the southern border wall.
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U.S. Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage is on a mission to raise the funds needed to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and in less than one month he has already raised more than $20 million.
President Trump spoke directly to the American people about the threat of illegal immigration last night in an address from the oval office.
President Trump spoke to the nation last night from the Oval Office, seeking support for building a wall on our border with Mexico. Democratic Party leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer then responded.
