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US House passes bills to end shutdown, ignoring Trump veto threat
WASHINGTON, Jan 4, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The new US House Democratic majority on
Thursday approved two measures that would end a two-week partial government
shutdown, but an impasse remains as the bills provide no money for President
Donald Trump’s border wall.
Trump has threatened a veto of the legislation that would fund homeland
security operations until February 8 and several other agencies through
September because they do not provide any money for a wall that Trump has
demanded by constructed on the US border with Mexico.
The Republican-run Senate has said it may not even vote on the
legislation.
The new House speaker, veteran Democrat Nancy Pelosi, stood firm shortly
before the vote saying no funding for a border wall would be made available.
BSS/AFP/MR/ 1024 hrs