Senate GOP to vote on Trump's $4.5 billion border request next week

2019-06-11
Source: WashingtonGuardian
by: Jordain Carney

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The Senate Appropriations Committee will vote next week on President Trump's request for $4.5 billion in emergency spending tied to the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a GOP member of the panel.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said on Tuesday that Republican senators were told by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that the Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up Trump's request next week.

"I think the game plan is that we're going to take the $4.5 billion that was in the disaster package that was unfortunately taken out and mark it up next week as a stand-alone proposition," Graham said during the start of Judiciary Committee meeting about the border.

Graham said that McConnell and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) met with Republican members of the Appropriations Committee on Monday night to discuss the game plan and that "it's my understanding that we'll be marking this up in the Appropriations Committee next week."

Source: The Hill

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