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Senate panel advances emergency border funding

By Susan Ferrechio
Published June 19, 2019 4:49pm ET
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Senate panel advances emergency border funding
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the top Senate border security negotiator, speaks to reporters about the bipartisan compromise worked out last night in hope of averting another government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bipartisan emergency funding bill requested by President Trump to deal with the massive immigration surge along the southern border.

Democrats and Republicans voted in favor of a $4.59 billion measure, setting up a Senate floor vote next week.

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