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Posted: Jan 04, 2008 11:31 a.m. - Subject: U.S. Senate Turns Back On Border Fence
U.S. Senate Turns Back On Border Fence
In a quiet act of defiance, the Senate approved a $555 billion omnibus spending bill that removed legal requirements mandating the federal government fund 854 miles of a double layer border fence spanning America’s southwestern border.
The funding requirement was codified into law when Congress passed, and President George W. Bush signed, the Secure Fence Act (SFA) in 2006