McConnell to seek $5B for border wall

Published October 11, 2018 8:00pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will try to approve $5 billion for the construction of President Trump’s long-promised southern border wall when Congress returns after the Nov. 6 election.

McConnell, R-Ky., told the Washington Examiner Thursday the Senate won’t stick to the $1.6 billion wall funding included in the Senate’s 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations measure. Instead, it will try to raise the amount to match the House Homeland spending bill, which includes $5 billion for the wall.

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