FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump has been directly involved in House Republicans’ move to dedicate $69 billion to building the border wall and hiring more Border Patrol agents, a White House official confirmed to The Daily Signal.
The House Homeland Security Committee released its budget proposal Sunday, calling for $46.5 billion in new money to pay for the border wall. More than $5 billion of the total $68.8 billion will go toward new facilities and personnel for Customs and Border Protection.
The funding is part of the budget reconciliation process. Congress passed its broad budget framework earlier this year. Committees like Homeland Security are now working to fill in the specifics.
The budget reconciliation process is considered Trump’s and congressional Republicans’ best—and likely only—hope to pass their agenda through Read more…
