Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats say they won’t accept any attempt to fund the proposed border wall in a spending bill that’s necessary to keep the government open. (Andrew Harnik/AP)Senate Democrats are preparing to fight back against GOP plans to fund President Trump’s wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, even if it means threatening a government shutdown at the end of April. Democrats could easily deny McConnell the 60 votes necessary to pass a spending bill in the Senate. They lay out several reasons as to why the wall should not be funded in the upcoming spending bill. “First, many experts believe that such a border wall will not work,” the Democrats wrote.

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2017 12:40 UTC