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Lame-duck session sees GOP leaders rushing to pass border wall, criminal justice reform
By Andrew O'Reilly | Fox News
Stage set for budget showdown between Trump, Democrats
Border wall funding remains a major sticking point in budget talks; House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy reacts on 'Sunday Morning Futures.'
A stopgap spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday may have averted a government shutdown for at least two weeks, but lawmakers on Capitol Hill still have a host of legislation to deal before the end of the year.
A backlog of must-pass bills and eleventh-hour requests have lawmakers in both houses of Congress scrambling as the clock ticks down toward the end of the work year. Republicans, in particular, are feeling pressure to pass stalled legislation before they cede the House to the Democrats in January.
Trump on Friday did put his signature on a short-term spending bill – quickly passed by both houses of Congress -- to avoid a partial government shutdown and funds the government through December 21. This gave lawmakers some breathing room to deal with the thorny debate over border wall funding and other issues until later in the month.
Seven of the government spending bills remain unfinished. The most controversial is the Homeland Security Appropriations bill, which would include border wall funding.
Apart from the complications of needing bipartisan support in the Senate to overcome a filibuster, House Republicans right now do not have the votes to pass a bill with or without the $5 billion in wall funding sought by President Trump.
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READ MORE: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/from-border-wall-funding-to-criminal-justice-reform-gop-leaders-rushing-to-pass-legislation-in-lame-duck-session
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