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Border funding stalemate: McConnell rejects latest House bill

By Susan Ferrechio
Published June 27, 2019 2:36pm ET
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Border funding stalemate: McConnell rejects latest House bill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, walks to his office after a weekly conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. | (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected the latest House border funding bill because it claws back funding for efforts to deter illegal immigration.

“It’s not going to happen,” the Kentucky Republican announced on the Senate floor Thursday.

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