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Border wall funding fight erupts, $5 billion or government shutdown

By Paul Bedard
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Border wall funding fight erupts, $5 billion or government shutdown

With the congressional midterm elections over, the bitter battle to fund President Trump’s border wall kicks into high gear today with the administration and congressional Republicans seeking $5 billion and threatening a partial government shutdown Dec. 8 if the funding stalls.

Already expecting $1.6 billion of the needed $25 billion to complete the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, the fight that was delayed due to the election will be over swelling that to $5 billion.

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