UPDATE ON THE FOLLOWING STORY:
McConnell reverses course – joins Trump in blocking path
for bipartisan border bill with this headline from MARKET WATCH:
“McConnell reverses course
and joins GOP Trump wing in blocking path for bipartisan border bill”
President Biden says: “The voters are
going to know that just at the moment we were going to secure the border and
fund these other programs, Trump and the MAGA Republicans said no.”
WASHINGTON — Facing a growing torrent of intraparty
criticism, Senate Republicans on Monday resisted advancing a bipartisan
proposal intended to clamp down on illegal border crossings, signaling a likely
defeat in Congress that would leave leaders with no clear path to approve
wartime aid for Ukraine.
In a dramatic turnaround, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), recommended to GOP senators in a closed-door meeting that they vote
no on the first procedural vote Wednesday, according to two people familiar
with the meeting who were not authorized to speak publicly about it and instead
spoke anonymously.
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), the chief Republican
negotiator on the bill, implored his GOP colleagues to take another look at the
legislation and consider the ramifications beyond the presidential election
McConnell has struggled to
marshal his conference to move on the package of $118 billion
package of border-enforcement policy, and funding for Ukraine, and Israel and
other U.S. allies.
My insert: This GOP resistance is
pleasing to Putin on his war in Ukraine and to Iran for Hamas and Houthi terrorism
against Israel and in the Red Sea and against Intl shipping passage.
Senate negotiators released
the text of the bill, expressing hope that the details would win over
skeptics. The carefully negotiated deal
represented a rightwing election-year tilt in Senate negotiations over border
measures.
The backlash was
intense from GOP conservatives. They savaged the border-policy proposal as
insufficient, with former President Donald Trump leading the charge — and with
much of the criticism hitting long before the bipartisan bill’s language had
been revealed.
Trump said on “The
Dan Bongino Show: “This is a gift to the Democrats. And this sort of is a
shifting of the worst border in history onto the shoulders of Republicans. They
want this for the presidential election so they can now blame the Republicans
for the worst border in history.”
Many Senate Republicans (now some 20 of them seen below) — even those
who have expressed support for Ukraine aid and the contours of the
border-policy changes — raised doubts by saying they would not support advancing
the bill.
FYI: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) plans to
call a key test vote Wednesday in the Senate.
ORIGINAL POST FOLLOWS BELOW:
Major story headlines vis-à-vis the border bill, aid for
Ukraine, Israel, and humanitarian relief for Gaza refugees from these six major
sites just to name a few:
ABC NEWS: “Worse than we expected:” House speaker reacts to bipartisan Senate immigration bill”
BLOOMBERG NEWS: “Senators Reach Deal on Ukraine Aid and U.S. Border, but Hardline Republicans Still a Threat”
BUSINESS INSIDER: “Senate's proposed foreign aid package includes $14 billion for
'security assistance' in Israel and $10 billion in humanitarian aid to Gaza,
and to Ukraine”
ROLL CALL: “Border & war aid package on tortured
path”
SALON COM: “GOP senator accuses Mike Johnson of lying that he was excluded from border
negotiations”
U.S.
NEWS & WORLD REPORT: “Biden Rolls Out Newly Aggressive Border
Messaging”
FYI: Here are the 20 GOP Senators who have indicated their opposition to the border deal posted on “X:”
My 2 Cents: GOP wants impeachments for Trump how about expelling MAGA
Mike Johnson and most of the House GOP first?
This is a good bill. It’s long
overdue for over 40 years or longer.
Anyone who votes no is
voting for Putin and Hamas to succeed, and n ever never forget that aspect, too.
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