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Issues
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) offered an amendment to H.R. 268, which would have reopened and funded the federal government during the Trump shutdown without funding the environmentally destructive and xenophobic border wall. The border wall threatens communities living along our southern border, has far ranging negative impacts on our lands, wildlife and waterways, and circumvents bedrock environmental laws. The Schumer amendment stood in stark contrast to one offered by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that would have provided $5.7 billion for the damaging border wall and waived 36 environmental and cultural laws for its construction. On January 24, the Senate rejected the Schumer amendment by a vote of 52-44 (60 votes were needed for passage; Senate roll call vote 10). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. A different bill (H.J. Res. 31) was approved by Congress and signed by the President on February 15, which funded the government for the rest of fiscal year 2019 and included nearly $1.4 billion for fencing along the border.
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