Republicans Eye $12 Billion to $15 Billion for Border Wall

By Chris Deaton

Published January 26, 2017 6:04pm ET

Republicans Eye $12 Billion to $15 Billion for Border Wall — Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans had 12-to-15 billion dollars in mind for construction of a southern border wall, as they await a supplemental spending request from the White House to move forward on the project. “We are moving ahead, as [House speaker Paul Ryan] pointed out to our group yesterday, with roughly 12-to-15 […]

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans had 12-to-15 billion dollars in mind for construction of a southern border wall, as they await a supplemental spending request from the White House to move forward on the project.

“We are moving ahead, as [House speaker Paul Ryan] pointed out to our group yesterday, with roughly 12-to-15 billion dollars. So we intend to address the wall issue ourselves,” McConnell told reporters at a GOP retreat in Philadelphia.