Threat of a Shutdown Looms Thanks to Wall Funding Fight Trump wants $5 billion included in this year’s Homeland Security spending bill to go toward the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The House has put forward that amount in its appropriations bill, but leaders in the Senate were able to strike a deal offering $1.6 billion, which Democrats say should be ....... https://www.weeklystandard.com/haley-byrd/border-wall-will-trump-allow-a-government-shutdown-over-funding-for-his-pet-project