McConnell to seek $5B for border wall

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will try to approve $5 billion for the construction of President Trump’s long-promised southern border wall when Congress returns after the Nov. 6 election.

McConnell, R-Ky., told the Washington Examiner Thursday the Senate won’t stick to the $1.6 billion wall funding included in the Senate’s 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations measure. Instead, it will try to raise the amount to match the House Homeland spending bill, which includes $5 billion for the wall.