Government Shutdown Over
Trump's Border Wall Looms
Before the Holidays President Donald Trump
is demanding that Congress
approve $5 billion in funding to build
a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump has threatened to allow
a partial government shutdown
if the funding is not approved. Senate Minority Leader
Chuck Schumer insists
that Trump doesn't have
the votes for the funding. Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, via Fox News A bi-partisan Senate bill would
allow for no more than
$1.6 billion in border
security funding. On Sunday, Stephen Miller, White House senior advisor, via Fox News Republican Senator Susan Collins
offered an alternative to both
the bi-partisan Senate bill and
a government shutdown. She reiterated her push for
a $2.5 billion border security
bill that would include barriers,
technology and border patrol agents. Susan Collins, U.S. Senator (R., MN), via Fox News