“Taxed2Death said it was Trent Lott that promised the border fence money would be gutted.”
I might be wrong...perhaps another Freeper can correct me...but I recall him making a VERY smug remark re: amnesty being shoved down our throats.... I think it was Lott who bragged that all of the security measures (including funding for the wall) would be stripped from the Shamnesty bill.
Your recall does sound familiar. And, if that is an accurate recall, I bet the border fence gutting buried in the Consolidated Appropriations Act is related!