The Latest: House votes to add $5B to bill for border wall
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on efforts to avoid a government shutdown (all times local):
6:10 p.m.
The Republican-led House has voted to add $5 billion for a border wall with Mexico to a bill preventing a partial federal shutdown this weekend.
Thursday’s House vote was a party line 221-179.
The next vote will be on whether the House will approve the overall bill. That is expected to be close.
The Senate late Wednesday approved a bipartisan compromise keeping government agencies open
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