Trump to Sign Border Bill, Declare Emergency for More Wall Money
- Spending bills provide less border money than Trump sought
- Senate, House to vote Thursday on bills to avert shutdown
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President Donald Trump will sign compromise spending legislation that would avert another government shutdown and declare a national emergency to get more money for a border wall from other parts of the federal budget.
“President Trump will sign the government funding bill, and as he has stated before, he will also take other executive action - including a national emergency - to ensure we stop the national security and humanitarian crisis at the border,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.