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Senate Panel Advances DHS Bill Funding Trump’s $5 Billion Request For Wall

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 24th, 2019

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Senate Panel Advances DHS Bill Funding Trump’s $5 Billion Request For Wall

Crews completing work on a section of bollard fencing in San Diego in August. Photo: CBP

Likely setting up another showdown with the House over how much funding to provide President Trump for new fencing on the southern border, a Senate panel on Tuesday advanced its version of the fiscal year 2020 Homeland Security Appropriations bill that would provide $5 billion for wall construction. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday will mark up the Homeland Security subcommittee’s recommendation, which provides $53.2 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The House Appropriations Committee in…

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