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Trump would plan to get $ 7,200 for the wall 0:38
(CNN) - The White House will ask Congress in its next budget proposal for less financing of the border wall than in previous years, a White House official confirmed to CNN.
The budget proposal, which will be sent on Monday, will request only US $ 2 billion for the construction of a wall; Last year, the White House initially requested $ 5,000 million, which it did not obtain from Congress. He has requested up to US $ 8.6 billion in previous applications.
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While the number in the next budget is lower than what the Trump administration previously requested, it is still higher than what legislators have provided for financing the wall in the past. The expense agreement reached by Congress in December kept the wall's funds at the same level, less than US $ 1.4 billion, which were reserved for the wall the previous year.
Funding for the border wall has been an important point in the appropriation talks between the administration and Congress. In 2018, the president allowed the government to close, and he was not given the money requested for his wall. Since then, the White House has explored different ways to pay for the wall, such as diverting funds from military construction projects.
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The Wall Street Journal first reported the details of the wall's request.
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