Border wall remains major holdup in spending talks

As Congress plans to push through a stop-gap bill to keep the government open for two weeks, Democrats are standing firm against the $5 billion President Trump wants for a border wall.

Democrats want to stick to the $1.6 billion for border security allocated in a bipartisan Homeland Security appropriations bill, which includes repairs to fencing, levees, and more money for tech. Some congressional Republicans appear ready to pass the larger government funding package, according to House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., but Trump isn’t.