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WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed its annual defense policy measure, which combined a $738 billion Pentagon price tag with legislation to provide federal employees with 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
The sweeping 377-48 vote followed weeks of arduous House-Senate negotiations that finally yielded a traditionally bipartisan measure, stripped of many add-ons sought by Democrats controlling the House.
Whether $86.2 million in military construction projects at Fort Bragg are subject to funding cuts or being diverted to support President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration and border wall remains to be determined.
Last month, the Pentagon released a list of more than $12.8 billion worth of military construction projects that officials are reviewing to determine which ones are eligible to potentially fund portion’s of a wall at the southern border.
With the federal government entering day 31 of the partial shutdown, questions loom about whether funding for military projects, such as Fort Bragg construction, could be used to fund a wall at the southern border.
President Donald Trump and Democrats in Congress have not been able to find a compromise to end the shutdown, largely over the $5.7 billion wall.
WASHINGTON (WTVD) --Another day, another deadlock in negotiations. President Donald Trump refusing to budge from his demand that Congress funds construction of a border wall with Mexico, and Democrats refusing to approve that investment.
The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in U.S. history when the clock ticked past midnight into early Saturday.