The Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Pub.L. 109-367) was enacted October 26, 2006[1] in the United States. Its primary purpose is to build 700 miles of new fencing along the United States–Mexico border with the intention of controlling illegal immigration into the United States of America. It passed 80-19 in the Senate and 283-138 in the House. No funding was allocated to the fence at the time the bill was passed. However, funding will eventually be allocated to the project, which will determine how much of the fence is to be built.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush signed a bill Thursday authorizing the construction of a fence along one-third of the 2,100-mile (3,360-kilometer) U.S. border with Mexico, but missing from the legislation is a means to pay for it.
The act provides no funding mechanism for the fence, though a $1.2 billion appropriation was approved as part of a bill the president signed this month. There are no concrete numbers, but estimates suggest the fence would cost twice that amount. The earlier bill, however, stipulates that the $1.2 billion could be used for a fence, lighting, vehicle barriers and high-tech equipment.
As I pointed out in my other post on this thread, they withheld $950M until the plans are approved by the Appropriations Committee, so they only have $50M, which built the 20 miles that pissant is crowing about.
The they would be congress, no?