The U.S. House of Representatives approved a government spending bill that includes $5.7 billion in funding for a new border wall on Dec. 20 as Congress works to prevent a partial government shutdown.
The House passed the government funding package with 217 votes for and 185 against, which also includes nearly $8 billion in disaster relief funding for areas affected by the year’s devastating coastal hurricanes and wildfires in California. The package now goes to the Senate and if passed, will prevent funding from running out for almost a quarter of government entities on Dec. 21.
