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Trump may choose to shut down the government this weekend over his border wall demands

September 26, 2018

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President Donald Trump could decide to shut down parts of the government in the coming days as he pushes for money to build his proposed border wall.

The House is expected to pass a bill as early as Wednesday that would fund the Pentagon and a few other agencies for a year, combined with a stopgap measure to sustain the rest of the government for a short time. It would not, however, fund Trump’s proposed barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border. The lack of cash for the project has frustrated Trump, who last week called the bill “ridiculous” and urged Republicans to “GET TOUGH!”

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