[TLI]

Texas: Cornyn (R-TX), Yea

OK, that jerk has been a PITA and I am going to push to get him primaried in 2020

Everyone else here needs to check the list and figure out how much work they have in front of themselves in their home state.

Off the couch, out the door and make a LOT of noise.

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[Carl Vehse]

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) voted for the bill. McCaul released a statement explaining why he voted for the bill. In it McCaul claims,

"Border Wall: $1.571 billion is included for border wall assets and infrastructure. This includes 25 miles of new levee wall in TX, 8 miles of new bollard wall in TX, and $196 million in border technology. This is an important investment to secure our Southern Border."

This is flimflam.

In fact, the spending bill does not build Trump's wall but explicitly restricts funding for any of the wall prototypes Trump has inspected. The $1.6 billion is actually for repairs, drones, and pedestrian fencing (including in Texas), but no wall construction. A "bollard wall" is really a fence!