Possible Deal to Avoid Government Shutdown Would Include Money for Border Wall

The border wall between the U.S. and Mexico just east of Sasabe, Arizona, on Dec. 7, 2018. Lawmakers said on Feb. 8, 2019, that they are close to a compromise that would include funding for the border wall. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

A potential deal between Democrats and Republicans to avoid another partial government shutdown would include billions of dollars for the southern border wall.

Congressional bargainers who are participating in talks said that the money will fall between $5.7 billion, the figure President Donald Trump initially requested, and $1.6 billion.