Thanks - House passes spending bill with border wall money — setting up shutdown stalemate with Senate "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez And just like that, GOP discovers $5.7 billion for a wall. " * The House passes a temporary spending bill with more than $5 billion for President Donald Trump's border wall. * The legislation is unlikely to get approval in the Senate, potentially increasing the chances of a partial government shutdown. * Funding for seven agencies will lapse if lawmakers cannot pass funding bills by a midnight Friday deadline. Jacob Pramuk | @jacobpramuk Published 4 Hours Ago Updated 2 Hours Ago CNBC.com https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/20/house-votes-on-spending-bill-border-wall-ahead-of-government-shutdown.html Thanks, again, to you and all the others here who help to keep me a bit up-to-date. Grin.