Senate Reaches Deal on $4.6 Billion Border-Aid Package

Senate negotiators agreed on a spending bill to address the rise in the number of people entering the U.S. at the southern border

WASHINGTON—Senate negotiators agreed on a $4.6 billion spending bill to address the rise in the number of people entering the U.S. at the southern border, advancing a compromise package more than a month after the Trump administration requested the money.

House Democrats are still reviewing and haven’t signed onto the deal, which Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby and Sen. Patrick Leahy , the top Democratic appropriator in the Senate, reached on Tuesday. The bill cleared the Senate Appropriations...

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