{"id":306266,"date":"2017-03-29T18:18:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T18:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=306266"},"modified":"2017-03-29T18:18:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T18:18:56","slug":"trump-border-wall-funding-facing-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=306266","title":{"rendered":"Trump border wall funding facing delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">President Donald Trump&#8217;s Mexican border wall may be delayed as Republicans consider putting its funding on hold.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Roy Blunt said cash for the wall would be left out of a spending bill that must pass by 28 April to avert a partial government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks came on Tuesday after Mr Trump requested a supplemental funding bill to include money for the wall along with military programmes.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr Blunt signalled Mr Trump&#8217;s request could complicate negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of the committees, House and Senate leaderships, are working together to try to finalise the rest of the FY17 bill,&#8221; said Mr Blunt, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and his party&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My guess is that comes together better without the supplemental.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that the supplemental funding could be dealt with &#8220;at a later time&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump had proposed $1.5bn (\u00a31.2bn) for his wall through Congress as part of the spending bill, which funds federal agencies to the end of the current fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats have threatened to block the bill if money for the controversial wall is included.<\/p>\n<p>The government would shut down some federal agencies at midnight on 28 April if Congress is unable to pass the spending bill.<\/p>\n<div id=\"Brid_87079179_container\" class=\"brid-outstream\">\n<div id=\"Brid_87079179\" class=\"brid brid-default-skin brid-paused\">\n<div class=\"brid-touch-overlay\">\u00a0A &#8220;great, great wall&#8221; along the US-Mexican border was a cornerstone of Mr Trump&#8217;s presidential campaign.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But the plan has faced resistance from both Democrats and Republicans, and has been estimated to cost as much as $21.6bn &#8211; more than the price tag the president cited as $12bn.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/10B6B\/production\/_93895486_us_mexico_border_wall.png\" alt=\"Map showing where there is already a fence between the US and Mexico border\" width=\"624\" height=\"461\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>Republicans are under pressure to keep the government running after they failed to secure a repeal of the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday said Republicans would not try to remove federal funding for women&#8217;s healthcare provider Planned Parenthood in the upcoming bill.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats had also vowed to stop the critical bill if the provision was included.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ryan added that it would be best accomplished on legislation at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s wall setback comes as the US Department of Homeland Security pushed back a deadline for proposals to build the wall.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline on Wednesday has been changed to 4 April, the department confirmed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>About 20 companies will be selected after the 10-page proposals are submitted on 4 April.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government will then ask a final group of contenders to build prototypes at a meeting in San Diego, California.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s Mexican border wall may be delayed as Republicans consider putting its funding on hold. 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