One last push for Trump’s border wall funding could complicate government spending deal

By Susan Ferrechio

Published November 22, 2020 11:30am ET

One last push for Trump’s border wall funding could complicate government spending deal — A man passes new border wall sections, right, as they replace the old fencing, left, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, near Yuma, Arizona. Top Trump administration officials will visit South Texas five days before Election Day to announce they have completed 400 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall, attempting to show progress on perhaps the president's best-known campaign promise four years ago. But most of the wall went up in areas that already had smaller barriers. | (Elliot Spagat/AP)

President Trump’s signature will be needed one last time on a government spending bill before he leaves office, but a deal could be complicated once again by a dispute over border wall funding.

Democrats and Republicans are aiming for an accord on fiscal year 2021 spending ahead of a Dec. 11 deadline, when temporary funding runs out.

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