The Trump administration will veto a package of short-term spending bills being introduced by US House Democrats in order to end the current government shutdown because they lack adequate border security funding, the White House Budget Office said in a policy statement.
House Democrats, on the first day of the new Congress, are pushing stopgap measures to fund the government and end the 12-day shutdown. The House is expected to vote on two resolutions — H.R. 21 and H.R. 1 — which would fund key government agencies. The bills, however, do not include $5.6 billion President Donald Trump has demanded to build a wall on the southern border.
H.R. 21 would fund the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Justice, Interior, State, Transportation, and the Treasury through September 30, the release noted, while H.R. 1 would fund the Department of Homeland Security through February 8.