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SAC Defense Bill Advances, But Border Wall Funding Fight Continues

SAC Defense Bill Advances, But Border Wall Funding Fight Continues
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contractors place rebar at footings of retaining walls on June 20, 2019. This project is for new border wall in the U.S. Border Patrol's San Diego Sector, which is funded by CBP and executed by USACE.

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted Sept. 12 to send the fiscal year 2020 defense appropriations bill to the Senate floor, but not before Democratic members made clear they would push back against the White House’s attempt to reappropriate military construction funds to build new barriers at the U.S.-Mexican border. The normally bipartisan vote was conducted along party lines, 15-16, and Democratic members’ efforts to introduce amendments that would cancel the Trump administration’s attempt to move $3.6 billion from current projects…

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