House passes massive federal spending bill with funding for border wall

Published December 17, 2019 7:52pm ET



The House passed a $1.4 trillion federal spending package that averts a government shutdown and maintains some funding for a southern border wall.

The measure passed Tuesday despite the objections of liberal Democrats and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, who said they opposed the $1.375 billion allocated for the construction of a southern border wall as well as other border security provisions.

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