Two Republicans Push ‘Border Bonds’ to Let Americans Finance a Wall
- Two Republican U.S. lawmakers are turning to a World War I-era financial tactic to break the impasse over President Donald Trump’s demand for money to build a wall along the Mexican border. Representatives Steven Palazzo of Mississippi and Andy Harris of Maryland, both members of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced the Border Bonds for America Act of 2019 -- a law that would allow Americans to buy such securities from the U.S. The money would be put in a trust fund and used just to build a wall along the nearly 2,000 mile ...
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