Trump’s funding request for wall, military must wait
US President Donald Trump’s funding request for building a wall on the Mexican border as well as military activities has to wait by later this year, Senate Republican leaders say.
Missouri Republican Senator Roy Blunt argued Tuesday that the new president’s supplemental funding request would complicate the spending bill lawmakers already have to deal with.
The US government could face a shutdown as its funding is due to expire on April 28.
"We have the FY17 defense bill," said Blunt, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, at a leadership press conference.
Democrats have vowed to bar any legislation, involving a funding for the construction of the wall, which the Republican president used to promote on the campaign trail.
"All of the committees, the leaderships of the House and Senate, are working together to try to finalize the rest of the FY17 bill," Blunt said. "My guess is that comes together better without the supplemental."
The statement ran against Trump’s request for a supplemental spending bill.
According to South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, “The border wall is probably not a smart investment.”
While campaigning for the 2016 presidential election, the then-GOP candidate vowed to make Mexico to pay for the wall rather than American taxpayers
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