Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package.

[Supposn]

A bill loaded with doublespeak and weasel clauses that will insure the Democrat target of 5,000 illegals PER DAY is normalized. You along with the re

LOL bipartisan you say...how many Republicans support it 2?

MarathonMike and BluesLegend, do you guys might suppose the bill was spoken of as the “Bipartisan National Security and Border Reform” bill because it was sponsored in the U.S. House of Representatives by 21 Republican members of he Congress, and it received the support of the House majority before it was passed on to the U.S. Senate? Respectfully, Supposn

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Does anyone see a similarity between Up Chuck and this bird?

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I think that's the wrong end........

 

[Meathead]

Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package.

Apparently Republicans need for election issue exceeds the need for any substantial improvement of our nation's, (i.e. including Republicans') quandary of what should be done on our national borders? Respectfully, Supposn
Excerpted from:
link.apnews.com/view/6488037e34550b59a002cc79kel52.cqca/876a70b6

“Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, scuttling deal they had demanded from Democrats …by Stephen Groves and Mary Clare Jalonick, , [Associated Press writer Seung Min Kim contributed to this report] ... Updated 6:21 PM EST, February 7, 2024. Washington (AP) - Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package Wednesday, scuttling months of negotiations with Democrats on legislation intended to cut back record numbers of illegal border crossings. …

… In a speech on the Senate floor just before the vote, Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, who crafted the proposal, said that it was a chance for the Senate to decide “if we’re going to do nothing, or something.”
“It’s an issue that’s bedeviled, quite frankly, this body for decades,” Lankford said. “It’s been three decades since we’ve passed anything into law to be able to change border security.”
Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona blamed Republicans for not giving the bill a chance. “Finally, it seemed, we had the opportunity to solve the nightmare my state has lived for over 40 years,” she said, scolding Republicans for using the border for “campaign photo ops,” but rejecting the chance to enact law.
“Turns out they want all talk and no action,” she said. “It turns out border security is not a risk to our national security. It’s just a talking point for the election”. ...
… Four Republicans voted to move forward with the legislation and six Democrats voted against it, some of whom said the border compromise went too far”.

How bi-partisan could it have been?

 

[2aguy]

It wasn't a "border package". Lefties are so good at that kind of propaganda. It was a secret giveaway package that would cost Americans about 90 billion for other programs that democrats don't want to talk about.

It was a Ukraine money Bill with a pittance given to the border as cover.

 

[Supposn]

How bi-partisan could it have been?

MarathonMike and BluesLegend, do you guys might suppose the bill was spoken of as the “Bipartisan National Security and Border Reform” bill because it was sponsored in the U.S. House of Representatives by 21 Republican members of the Congress, and it received the support of the House majority before it was passed on to the U.S. Senate? Respectfully, Supposn

Meathead, you don't suppose that's why it's described as bipartisan?

 

[maybelooking]

worthless legislation by worthless politicians.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Bernie Sanders voted to block the bill. So I guess it’s fair to say that it had “bipartisan opposition.“

 

[Meathead]

Meathead, you don't suppose that's why it's described as bipartisan?

You need to learn how to quote,

 

[ColonelAngus]

 

[Seymour Flops]

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Thank you! Just what we needed to see. The bill was completely indefensible. It could only been passed in the dark of night as they tried to. Once it came to late, they had to run for cover. Even Bernie Sanders.

 

[Supposn]

On the Border, Republicans Set a Trap, Then Fell Into It

Congressional Republicans thought they had set a clever trap for Democrats that would accomplish complementary political and policy goals. Their idea was to tie approval of military assistance to Ukraine to tough border security demands that Democrats would never accept, allowing Republicans to...

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Magnus posted this in another thread; his post is fully worthy of consideration. Respectfully, Supposn
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"Congressional Republicans thought they had set a clever trap for Democrats that would accomplish complementary political and policy goals.

Their idea was to tie approval of military assistance to Ukraine to tough border security demands that Democrats would never accept, allowing Republicans to block the money for Kyiv that many of them oppose while simultaneously enabling them to pound Democrats for refusing to halt a surge of migrants at the border. It was to be a win-win headed into November’s elections.

But Democrats tripped them up by offering substantial — almost unheard-of — concessions on immigration policy without insisting on much in return. Now it is Republicans who are rapidly abandoning a compromise that gave them much of what they wanted, leaving aid to Ukraine in deep jeopardy, border policy in turmoil and Congress again flailing as multiple crises at home and abroad go without attention because of a legislative stalemate.

The turn of events led to a remarkable Capitol Hill spectacle this week as a parade of Senate Republicans almost instantly repudiated a major piece of legislation they had spent months demanding as part of any agreement to provide more help to a beleaguered Ukraine.

“A year ago they said, ‘We need a change in the law,’” said Mr. Lankford, frustrated by his Republican colleagues who had been up in arms about the border situation only to suddenly reject the new legislation. “Now the conversation is, ‘Just kidding, we don’t need a change in the law. We just need the president to use the laws they already have." That wasn’t where we were before.”

On the Border, Republicans Set a Trap, Then Fell Into It

The G.O.P. abandoned a bipartisan border security bill that also aided Ukraine after Democrats called their bluff on immigration, agreeing to tough measures Republicans demanded.

www.nytimes.com

Looks like Biden and the Dems are playing 3-D chess while the poor Republicans are still trying to figure out the game. Is there anything the Repubs can get done? Heck, even their attempts to impeach the president or Mayorkas have gone aground

 

[Seymour Flops]

On the Border, Republicans Set a Trap, Then Fell Into It

Congressional Republicans thought they had set a clever trap for Democrats that would accomplish complementary political and policy goals. Their idea was to tie approval of military assistance to Ukraine to tough border security demands that Democrats would never accept, allowing Republicans to...

www.usmessageboard.com

Magnus posted this in another thread; his post is fully worthy of consideration. Respectfully, Supposn
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"Congressional Republicans thought they had set a clever trap for Democrats that would accomplish complementary political and policy goals.

One valid way to look at it.

Their idea was to tie approval of military assistance to Ukraine to tough border security demands that Democrats would never accept, allowing Republicans to block the money for Kyiv that many of them oppose while simultaneously enabling them to pound Democrats for refusing to halt a surge of migrants at the border. It was to be a win-win headed into November’s elections.

Which they did fall into. They refused the offer.

But Democrats tripped them up by offering substantial — almost unheard-of — concessions on immigration policy without insisting on much in return. Now it is Republicans who are rapidly abandoning a compromise that gave them much of what they wanted, leaving aid to Ukraine in deep jeopardy, border policy in turmoil and Congress again flailing as multiple crises at home and abroad go without attention because of a legislative stalemate.

No, they invented their own bill out of whole cloth, ignoring the bill that the House had already passed. That bill has no concessions to the Republican desire to secure the border and stop the flow of illegal aliens. If it did have them, no Democrat would vote for it.

How is it a concession to send $88B to foreign countries and only $20B supposedly for the border, while at the same time codifying Biden's unofficial policy of allowing thousands of illegals per day to make a bogus claim of assylum and be given entry to the country?

You know as well as I do that those twenty billion dollars would have been used to facilitate illegal entry, not to stop it. Biden has admitted that he has the power to close the border. He is chosing not to, and nothing in that bill would force him to do it.

The turn of events led to a remarkable Capitol Hill spectacle this week as a parade of Senate Republicans almost instantly repudiated a major piece of legislation they had spent months demanding as part of any agreement to provide more help to a beleaguered Ukraine.

Yes, even the RINOs abandoned this when voters started learning what was in it.

“A year ago they said, ‘We need a change in the law,’” said Mr. Lankford, frustrated by his Republican colleagues who had been up in arms about the border situation only to suddenly reject the new legislation. “Now the conversation is, ‘Just kidding, we don’t need a change in the law. We just need the president to use the laws they already have." That wasn’t where we were before.”

On the Border, Republicans Set a Trap, Then Fell Into It

The G.O.P. abandoned a bipartisan border security bill that also aided Ukraine after Democrats called their bluff on immigration, agreeing to tough measures Republicans demanded.

www.nytimes.com

They said "we need to enforce the law," not "we need to change the law." "We need to change the law, is the refrain of those who are vested in not following the current law.

Looks like Biden and the Dems are playing 3-D chess while the poor Republicans are still trying to figure out the game. Is there anything the Repubs can get done? Heck, even their attempts to impeach the president or Mayorkas have gone aground

Your side lost this one.

Are you unaware of that?