Trump to sign border security bill, declare national emergency: McConnell

February 14, 2019 3:18 PM EST

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks after a Republican policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that President Donald Trump told him he would sign a bipartisan border security bill and at the same time declare a national emergency to make available additional funds for a wall along the southern border.

(Reporting by Richard Cowan; Writing by David Alexander and Makini Brice; Editing by Tim Ahmann)



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