U.S. Senate Republicans block $2.7 billion border security billU.S. Senate legislation giving President Barack Obama $2.7 billion to deal with tens of thousands of Central American migrant children amassing at the southwestern U.S. border was blocked on Thursday by Republican opposition. Earlier on Thursday, the House of Representatives failed to pass a $659 million funding bill that the White House had threatened to veto.
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