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Eugene

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Wed Mar 29, 2017, 12:22 PM Mar 2017

Trump's funding request for U.S. border wall hits snag among some Republicans

Source: Reuters

POLITICS | Tue Mar 28, 2017 | 6:52pm EDT

Trump's funding request for U.S. border wall hits snag among some Republicans

President Donald Trump's call for $1.5 billion this year to help build a wall along the border with Mexico could be in jeopardy as fellow Republicans in Congress weigh delaying a decision on the request.

Republican Senator Roy Blunt, a member of his party's leadership, told reporters on Tuesday that money for the wall likely would not be coupled with a spending bill that must pass by April 28 to avoid shutting down federal agencies whose funding expires then.

Blunt said the must-do funding "comes together better" without Trump's additional request for the border wall and military programs and could be considered "at a later time."

Democrats are threatening to block the bill funding federal agencies from April 29 to Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year, if money for the border wall is included.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-wall-idUSKBN16Z31R
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