
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…