The GOP leadership insists on including stricter border policies in the national security package to pass the Senate. Ten Senate Democrats express concern over border security talks. Speaker Johnson urges GOP border negotiators to push for the conservative House-passed border bill, which is opposed by the Senate's Democratic leaders. Democrats are making concessions as Senate negotiators work on tough border measures in exchange for Ukraine aid. A bipartisan effort to trade immigrant rights for military assistance to Ukraine is struggling to gain traction with both Democrats and Republicans. Republicans are demanding extreme concessions from Democrats in exchange for Ukraine aid, despite already receiving many border security measures they typically support.
Republicans are demanding that Democrats add numerous extreme concessions to a package that already gives Republicans many border security measures they ordinarily support, in exchange for Ukraine aid that many already back anyway, @ThePlumLineGS writes. https://t.co/IzfBCAeQTf
A bipartisan effort to gain votes for a bill that would trade immigrant rights for military assistance to Ukraine appears to be falling apart, getting traction with neither Democrats nor Republicans. https://t.co/Rip9fs2Q5v
Republicans used to support deals that offered immigration reform for border security measures. Now Democrats are making all the concessions as Senate negotiators work on a package of tough border measures in exchange for Ukraine aid. https://t.co/qZ5HAFPjGU
Speaker Johnson told Senate Republicans that he wants GOP border negotiators to push for as much as possible of the conservative House-passed border bill — a proposal that's a nonstarter with the Senate's Democratic leaders. https://t.co/lCEF8RenRq
10 Senate Democrats voice alarm over border security talks https://t.co/LzuPE1CO9r https://t.co/6W5q6T2dYq
GOP leadership says national security package must include stricter border policies to pass Senate https://t.co/SRfzWG5IME