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Federal lawmakers propose $1.4B for border wall

February 13, 2019

President Trump has also hinted that he will pursue alternative funding options for the wall. Earlier this year, Stars and Stripes reported that the Pentagon was reviewing its roster of construction projects in anticipation of the possibility that the president would declare a national emergency and use money from the military’s capital budget to pay for border wall construction.

Only money that hasn’t yet been allocated would be available to the administration. Between the current fiscal year’s budget and funds from previous years, there would reportedly be approximately $23 billion available to the president to use at the border but only if he could make the case that an emergency situation exists there.

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