Texas House votes down plans to study border wall

AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — State representatives passed the House’s budget after more than 15 hours of debate and hundreds of proposed amendments.
Efforts by Texas Democrats to put the brakes on President Donald Trump’s long-promised border wall were largely unsuccessful.
The House voted down amendments that would have required state-funded studies to examine how a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and a border tax would impact Texas’ economy.
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