26.01.2024 22:40
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, has said that Senate legislation addressing the border and aid to Ukraine and other countries would have been “dead on arrival” in the House, if reports about its terms are true.
He said this in a letter to his colleagues on Friday, Ukrinform reports, citing The Hill.
“I wanted to provide a brief update regarding the supplemental and the border, since the Senate appears unable to reach any agreement. If rumors about the contents of the draft proposal are true, it would have been dead on arrival in the House anyway,” Johnson said.
The letter comes as Senate Republicans are searching for an alternative plan on how to get aid to Ukraine across the finish line.
The Ukraine support, which has its own critics in the GOP, was coupled with border talks as a means of securing its passage. But the coupling has actually made it more difficult for the Ukraine support to move forward, due to seemingly intractable policy and political concerns related to the border talks.
In his letter, the Speaker turned to the next major action coming from House Republicans that will come in retaliation of border policies: impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who Johnson charged has “wilfully ignored and actively undermined our nation’s immigration laws.”
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(C)UKRINFORM 2024
Scumbag!
Republicans Flail On Bipartisan Border Deal After Trump Orders Them To Reject It.
The GOP cowardly said “they don’t want to do anything to undermine donald trump”.
The GOP are flailing over how to proceed with tackling the border crisis — an issue they have been demanding action on — after Donald Trump this week personally directed them to reject any bipartisan border deal because he doesn’t want President Joe Biden to get a win ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
The GOP is master of hypocrisy – they don’t care about the country, economy, American people and the border, they only care about their remaining in power and donald trump win the 2024 election.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bipartisan-border-deal-trump-senate-republicans_n_65b284c6e4b0166fc7711d79
Huff Post, lol…
The dems are just as guilty in acting like a bunch of brainless jerks. The entire Washington political elite are idiots. Perhaps it’s time for a revolution if for no other reason but to get all the jerks out of DC including the bureaucrats.
Statement from President Joe Biden On the Bipartisan Senate Border Security Negotiations
For too long, we all know the border’s been broken.
It’s long past time to fix it.
That’s why two months ago, I instructed my team to begin negotiations with a bipartisan group of Senators to seriously, and finally, address the border crisis. For weeks now that’s what they’ve done. Working around the clock, through the holidays, and over weekends.
Let’s be clear.
What’s been negotiated would – if passed into law – be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country.
It would give me, as President, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. And if given that authority, I would use it the day I sign the bill into law.
Further, Congress needs to finally provide the funding I requested in October to secure the border. This includes an additional 1,300 border patrol agents, 375 immigration judges, 1,600 asylum officers, and over 100 cutting-edge inspection machines to help detect and stop fentanyl at our southwest border.
Securing the border through these negotiations is a win for America.
For everyone who is demanding tougher border control, this is the way to do it.
If you’re serious about the border crisis, pass a bipartisan bill and I will sign it.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/01/26/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-bipartisan-senate-border-security-negotiations/