Engineers Begin Preparatory Work for Border Wall Construction

..."The president’s plan to build a border wall was part of a contentious budget fight in Congress this year. The administration was seeking $3.6 billion in the 2017 and 2018 budgets for just over 100 miles of wall. But members of Congress — Democrats and Republicans — have so far declined to provide funding for the project and instead expanded funding to increase the use of technology such as sensors at the border."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/us/politics/border-wall-construction.html?mcubz=1

 

On Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill that included $1.6 billion for a wall. The spending measure will now move to a full house member vote. Call now ....

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