Posted on 07/27/2017 3:15:25 PM PDT by mandaladon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $68 billion increase in military spending next year with legislation that also provides money to start construction of President Donald Trump's Mexican border wall.
The bill increased spending on the U.S. capability to defend itself from foreign missile attacks amid growing concerns about North Korea's increasing capacity to hit the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile after it successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile in July.
The money for the wall is dwarfed by the $658.1 billion the bill would provide for the Defense Department, an increase of $68.1 billion above the fiscal year 2017 enacted level and $18.4 billion above Trump's budget request.
The House voted 235-192 for the fiscal 2018 spending bill that would provide $1.6 billion for initial construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, which was a centerpiece of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Democrats repeatedly have referred to any money for the wall as a "poison pill" and are likely to try to kill it in the Senate.
Congress is up against an Oct. 1 deadline - the start of a new fiscal year - for either passing spending bills or temporarily extending funding at current-year levels to give negotiators more time to come to agreements.
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Nah
(This lifelong GOPer really, really hopes, that is.)
Trump can, and should announce now he will not sign any bill that does not include funding for a wall.
It is overwhelmingly supported by the American people.
Let Congress deal with their wrath.
Is the Senate going to vote this down as well?
I doubt it- too much pork in it. Their donors would go nuts.
Also, it’s McCain’s ‘baby’ and all the Dems and RINOs love him.
Trump can, and should announce now he will not sign any bill that does not include funding for a wall.
Winning!
“Trump can, and should announce now he will not sign any bill that does not include funding for a wall.”
Absolutely.
Hungary built a double wall—18’ tall & electrified razor wire on top. Refugee attempts to enter Hungary have gone from over 8000 a day to about 40 per day.
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Democrats and many Republicans in Congress have questioned the feasibility and effectiveness of a border wall, with immigration advocacy groups arguing that it would not stem the flow of illegal border crossings and would hurt U.S.-Mexico relations.~~~~~~~~~~~~~We heard that before...
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Yep. Just like the “We can’t drill in ANWAR and have product for 10 yrs.”; and every decade, they reset the clock since they DIDN’T do anything...
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