Lawmakers Heading to Close in on Border Wall Deal
Headline Roundup February 9th, 2019
Republican and Democratic negotiators are exchanging border security proposals signaling a compromise just days before President Trump's deadline to release their bill for another potential government shutdown. The latest proposal tops the funding at $2 billion, which is well below President Trump's requested $5.7 billion.
Lawmakers Heading to Close in on Border Wall Deal
Details of a likely bipartisan border-security deal in Congress are being worked out after the White House indicated it will accept an agreement giving President Trump just a fraction of the money he's demanded for his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Negotiators signaled Friday they were zeroing in on a compromise spending package that boosts funding for border barriers and related security measures, with the goal of reaching a bipartisan deal early next week and avoiding a new partial government shutdown.
Republican and Democratic negotiators are exchanging border security proposals that contain far less funding for the border wall than President Donald Trump has demanded, with just days left before a deadline to release their bill ahead of another potential government shutdown.
