Cuellar’s Big Bend border-wall ban falls in House panel
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Rep. Henry Cuellar’s bid to block DHS funding for a border barrier in Big Bend National Park failed in the House Appropriations Committee on a 26–34 vote, with all Democrats in support and Republicans opposing, leaving ongoing wall plans in the park unresolved.
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