Implode-o-Meter News - Trump may force government shutdown over border wall spending

The House is expected to pass a bill as early as Wednesday that would fund the Pentagon and a few other agencies for a year, combined with a stopgap measure to sustain the rest of the government for a short time. It would not, however, fund Trump's proposed barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border. The lack of cash for the project has frustrated Trump, who last week called the bill "ridiculous" and urged Republicans to "GET TOUGH!"
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Since the Senate already approved the legislation, only the president's veto would stop it from becoming law if it gets through the House. Trump has waffled on the idea of shutting down the government in recent weeks. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday that the president told him he would sign the spending bill.
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Two days before that, Trump said he was "willing to do anything" for border security. He contradicted comments he made only a day earlier, when he said that "I don't see even myself or anybody else closing down the country right now."

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