Democrats vow fight over border wall funding

Published January 16, 2020 4:00pm ET



Democrats in Congress say they will renew efforts to restrict President Trump’s authority to reprogram military construction funds to pay for border barriers in the wake of a report that Trump is eyeing $7.2 billion in Pentagon funds for border security projects.

“We will force yet another vote to terminate the president’s bogus national emergency declaration and return these much-needed military construction funds back to the military, to the men and women in our armed forces and to their families,” said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on the Senate floor Wednesday.

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