“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,” said Sanders.
Additionally, Sanders stated that Trump is fulfilling his promise to the American people—“to build the wall, protect the border, and secure our great country.”
The bipartisan spending bill will fund around 25 percent of the federal government until September 30. It includes $1.375 billion in funding to build 55 miles of physical barrier along the southern border. Trump demanded $5.7 billion in border wall funding.
Conservative lawmakers including Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona slammed the spending bill as a “bipartisan failure.” He called it a “crappy spending bill with this little border deal on the side.”
