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Officials unsure if president will sign funding bill without money for wall

Congressional deal to fund government expires at midnight on Friday

Alan Yuhas

Sunday 23 April 2017 17.55 BST

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Donald Trump softened his line on making Mexico pay. ‘Eventually, but at a later date so we can get started early, Mexico will be paying, in some form, for the badly needed border wall,’ he tweeted.
Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/23/donald-trump-mexico-border-wall-threatens-government-shutdown

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On October 26, 2006, U.S. President George W. Bush signed the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Pub.L. 109–367) into law stating, “This bill will help protect the American people. This bill will make our borders more secure. It is an important step toward immigration reform."[1]

The bill was introduced on September 13, 2006 by Congressman Peter T. King, Republican of New York. In the House of Representatives, the Fence Act passed 283–138 on September 14, 2006.[2] On September 29, 2006 – the Fence Act passed in the Senate 80–19.

 

 

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Although the 2006 law authorized construction of a fence, Congress initially did not fully appropriate funds for it (see authorization-appropriation process). "Congress put aside $1.4 billion for the fence, but the whole cost, including maintenance, was pegged at $50 billion over 25 years, according to analyses at the time."[9]

A 2017 GAO report noted: "According to CBP, from fiscal year 2007 through 2015, it spent approximately $2.3 billion to deploy border fencing along the southwest border, and CBP will need to spend a substantial amount to sustain these investments over their lifetimes. CBP did not provide a current life-cycle costs estimate to maintain pedestrian and vehicle fencing, however, in 2009 CBP estimated that maintaining fencing would cost more than $1 billion over 20 years."[11]

 

Where has all the money gone that was approved???

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46 minutes ago, nstoolman1 said:

On October 26, 2006, U.S. President George W. Bush signed the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Pub.L. 109–367) into law stating, “This bill will help protect the American people. This bill will make our borders more secure. It is an important step toward immigration reform."[1]

The bill was introduced on September 13, 2006 by Congressman Peter T. King, Republican of New York. In the House of Representatives, the Fence Act passed 283–138 on September 14, 2006.[2] On September 29, 2006 – the Fence Act passed in the Senate 80–19.

 

 

Cost[edit]

Although the 2006 law authorized construction of a fence, Congress initially did not fully appropriate funds for it (see authorization-appropriation process). "Congress put aside $1.4 billion for the fence, but the whole cost, including maintenance, was pegged at $50 billion over 25 years, according to analyses at the time."[9]

A 2017 GAO report noted: "According to CBP, from fiscal year 2007 through 2015, it spent approximately $2.3 billion to deploy border fencing along the southwest border, and CBP will need to spend a substantial amount to sustain these investments over their lifetimes. CBP did not provide a current life-cycle costs estimate to maintain pedestrian and vehicle fencing, however, in 2009 CBP estimated that maintaining fencing would cost more than $1 billion over 20 years."[11]

 

Where has all the money gone that was approved???

Same place the rest of all the funds/slush go. Pay to play, vote buying, pentions. Same place the new gas tax for the roads is going and the money that was suppose to go repair the dams in northern california that broke. Its all a big scam. Iraq is a good example of what the US is.

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After obama's last Government it would be gone completely unnoticed as those had it not been for the fact he closed all the National Parks and close access to BLM Land....I learned the hard way on a 50 plus mile ATV ride ....Closed gated don't mean a lot when you are riding a 4 Wheel Off Road ATV but when they close the gates where only I could go through we all had to back track.....After that rise I added 2 1.75 gallon gas cans to the back of my ATV.

Now the thing about this Wall and obama care....Trump wants a $1.00 for every $1.00 approved to bail out obama care for the Wall.....Damn, just let obama care fail now before it turns into a Triple Titanic Disaster.....Put a bullet in it and get back to the way it was...Peoples choice.

Karsten

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For a man that NOW thinks being judged on his First 100 Days is "ridiculous".....he sure is making a push to show he can pass a Bill and therefore, govern, before that 100 Day threshold, even if he has to hold the American people hostage to do it.  He has skewed almost every campaign pledge he spouted.  

GO RV, then BV

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