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09:17, 21-Dec-2018
U.S. House passes spending bill including border wall money
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08:59, 24-Dec-2018
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The U.S. House of Representatives approved a spending bill to keep the government running, with the inclusion of five billion U.S. dollars sought by President Donald Trump for a border wall.
The House voted 217-185 to approve the bill, as the shutdown deadline nears.
The bill now goes back to the Senate, where it has almost no chance of passing.
Senators have already passed their bill to avert a shutdown by extending funds to February 8, without the wall funding.
However, Trump insisted on Thursday that he would not sign the bill which was approved by the Senate. It forced House Republicans to include the wall money in the new bill.
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