The top Senate appropriator said Monday President Trump is insisting a must-pass spending bill include at least $5 billion for building a southern border wall, despite opposition from Democrats who want to spend no more than $1.6 billion.
“The president wants that,” Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., who is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Monday. “I’m trying to work it out. Five billion doesn’t seem unreasonable to me.”
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