[reed13k]

I just went to the bill and searched the following words: wall, concrete, fence, cement, and border.

None of those words come up in a search. So you tell me where this ‘prohibition’ is and how it’s worded if I can’t find those words?

There is a lot, however, on security. And there is a lot of info on using funds allocated for ‘other projects’ in various divisions of the bill.

[SkyPilot]

I looked as well. I believe Cboldt found it.

Go to http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3641754/posts?page=1736#1736

But if that isn't it, realize this: Trump himself said the bill didn't fund the border wall, and that was one of the main reasons he wanted to veto it (but he didn't).

"I am considering a VETO of the Omnibus Spending Bill based on the fact that the 800,000 plus DACA recipients have been totally abandoned by the Democrats (not even mentioned in Bill) and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded."
5:55 AM - 23 Mar 2018

So there you have it - from the horse's mouth.

There is article after article, and Congressman after Congressman - who say the bill prohibits building the wall. Even if the language is not there, if it isn't funded in the bill, Trump cannot spend the money to do it (that would be against the law).

So - I guess it ain't happenin, unless Trump thinks he has some sort of trick up his sleeve. He may, but it doesn't look good. I guess he can try a "National Security" angle - but......well. Let's just say that is not only going to be a massive fight, I think the MSM/Left calls for Impeachment will go bananas.

[Duchess47]

This is the basics I think. Page 673-674

16 SEC. 230. (a) Of the amount made available in this
17 Act under ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Pro
18 curement, Construction, and Improvements’’,
19 $1,571,000,000 shall be available only as follows:
20 (1) $251,000,000 for approximately 14 miles of
21 secondary fencing, all of which provides for cross
22 barrier visual situational awareness, along the south
23 west border in the San Diego Sector;

674

1 (2) $445,000,000 for 25 miles of primary pe
2 destrian levee fencing along the southwest border in
3 the Rio Grande Valley Sector;
4 (3) $196,000,000 for primary pedestrian fenc
5 ing along the southwest border in the Rio Grande
6 Valley Sector;
7 (4) $445,000,000 for replacement of existing
8 primary pedestrian fencing along the southwest bor
9 der;
10 (5) $38,000,000 for border barrier planning
11 and design; and
12 (6) $196,000,000 for acquisition and deploy13
ment of border security technology.
14 (b) The amounts designated in subsection (a)(2)
15 through (a)(4) shall only be available for operationally ef
16 fective designs deployed as of the date of the Consolidated
17 Appropriations Act, 2017, (Public Law 115–31), such as
18 currently deployed steel bollard designs, that prioritize
19 agent safety.