Republican senators block Ukraine-border bill after Donald Trump opposes it
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Republican senators block Ukraine-border bill after Donald Trump opposes it

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Will Senate Republicans vote to start debate – just a debate – on bipartisan legislation to strengthen America’s security, stand with Ukraine, and fix our border – or will they cow to Donald Trump’s orders to kill this bill?” Both allies of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and allies of Mr Trump voted to end debate on the bill. Senator Markwayne Mullin, Mr Lankford’s fellow Oklahoma Republican, did not deny Mr Trump’s influence but stipulated that senators are free to act on their own. “They want to argue Donald Trump is the devil and pay no attention to the massive policy failures Democrats have given the American people throughout history,” he told The Independent. President Joe Bidencriticised Mr Trump and Republicans for opposing the bill, saying that Republicans are blocking the legislation to improve Mr Trump’s chances at winning the 2024 presidential election.

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The five Republican senators who could thwart Trump’s agenda and nominees
3 weeks, 5 days ago

The five Republican senators who could thwart Trump’s agenda and nominees

The Independent  

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Republicans sink fresh bid to beef up U.S. border security
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Republicans sink fresh bid to beef up U.S. border security

Raw Story  

The U.S. Senate on Thursday rejected sweeping immigration reforms for the second time this year as Republicans again blocked what would have been the toughest border security package in decades, dismissing it as a Democratic "gimmick." Biden said in a statement Republicans had put partisan politics ahead of the country to reject "the toughest border enforcement in history," while Homeland …

Bipartisan border security bill fails again after Republicans shoot down measure on key election issue
7 months ago

Bipartisan border security bill fails again after Republicans shoot down measure on key election issue

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A bipartisan piece of immigration and border security legislation died …

Republicans Unite To Block Border Bill Again As Election Year Fight Heats Up
7 months ago

Republicans Unite To Block Border Bill Again As Election Year Fight Heats Up

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Senate rejected for a second time a border security package Republicans helped draft in February before turning around and killing it at the demand of former President Donald Trump, their presumptive 2024 nominee, who didn’t want to give President Joe Biden an election-year win. “This bill today is a prop, it’s a pure messaging …

Border bill fails Senate test vote as Democrats seek to underscore Republican resistance
7 months ago

Border bill fails Senate test vote as Democrats seek to underscore Republican resistance

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans again blocked a bill meant to clamp down on the number of migrants allowed to claim asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sought Thursday to underscore GOP resistance to the proposal. The Democratic leader said it would “show the public who’s on what side and in June we’re going to spend …

To pass Ukraine aid, ‘Reagan Republican’ leaders in Congress navigated a party transformed by Trump
7 months, 4 weeks ago

To pass Ukraine aid, ‘Reagan Republican’ leaders in Congress navigated a party transformed by Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Mike Johnson, the necessity of providing Ukraine with weapons and other aid as it fends off Russia’s invasion is rooted in their earliest and most formative political memories. While McConnell, R-Ky., and Johnson, R-La., took different approaches to handling Trump, the presumptive White House nominee in 2024, the struggle …

Mike Johnson finally got Ukraine aid done—but he's no hero.
54 years, 11 months ago

Mike Johnson finally got Ukraine aid done—but he's no hero.

Slate  

Before House Speaker Mike Johnson basks too deeply in the praise he’s received for bringing the security assistance bill to the floor, where it passed by a predictably wide margin, we should recall that the bill would have passed six months ago had it not been for Johnson’s cowardly submission to the pressure of former President Donald Trump. Had Johnson …

Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump’s demolition of deal as a ‘gift’
10 months, 1 week ago

Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump’s demolition of deal as a ‘gift’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate’s border proposal was one of the toughest bipartisan bills to emerge on the issue in decades. Schumer said the race in his home state of New York “says something very significant — that border is no longer the province of Republicans.” That calculation is already having far-reaching effects, transforming the way President Joe Biden and Democrats …

House Republicans now want border security they killed back in Ukraine bill
10 months, 1 week ago

House Republicans now want border security they killed back in Ukraine bill

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers now want the border security deal that they turned down after reports that Donald Trump ordered the leadership he didn't want another "win" under Joe Biden's presidential belt. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is now calling on Speaker Mike Johnson to take up the Ukraine/Israel funding bill, but several GOP House members told Raw Story that …

U.S. Senate passes Ukraine aid bill, House likely to reject it
10 months, 1 week ago

U.S. Senate passes Ukraine aid bill, House likely to reject it

The Hindu  

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved long-delayed funding for Ukraine's war effort, part of a foreign aid package that right-wing House Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated his Republican-led chamber will reject. A previous Senate Bill negotiated by both parties had also encompassed tough new U.S. border protections aimed at stemming an influx of migration into the United States from Mexico …

The Senate is pushing past far-right objections to aiding Ukraine. But next steps are uncertain
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Senate is pushing past far-right objections to aiding Ukraine. But next steps are uncertain

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is plodding past far-right Republican opposition to helping Ukraine fight Russia, working through the weekend on a $95.3 billion military aid package for Kyiv, Israel and other allies that could be President Joe Biden’s last chance for now to deliver substantial American support. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told the senators he would be willing to …

Sen. Ted Cruz calls for Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s replacement
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Sen. Ted Cruz calls for Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s replacement

Raw Story  

By Sejal Govindarao "After border bill fiasco, Sen. Ted Cruz calls for Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s replacement" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz lashed out at his party’s leader in the …

Abandoned by his colleagues after negotiating border deal, GOP senator faces backlash alone
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Abandoned by his colleagues after negotiating border deal, GOP senator faces backlash alone

LA Times  

Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford walks down Capitol stairs with his wife, Cindy, and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on Wednesday before Senate Republicans blocked the bipartisan border package that they had asked Lankford to negotiate. Just before the Senate voted Wednesday to kill the border deal he spent the last four months negotiating, Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford climbed a set of …

Republican senators join Democrats to advance $95 BILLION Ukraine and Israel aid bill WITHOUT border provisions amid backstabbing and turmoil among GOP ranks
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Republican senators join Democrats to advance $95 BILLION Ukraine and Israel aid bill WITHOUT border provisions amid backstabbing and turmoil among GOP ranks

Daily Mail  

The Senate advanced a massive foreign aid bill to Ukraine and Israel without border security measures after Republican turmoil ultimately tanked a bipartisan deal earlier this week. But Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the Senate would still send money to critical allies of the U.S. through an updated $95 billion supplemental bill without the border provisions. Senate Majority Leader Chuck …

Abandoned by his colleagues after negotiating a border compromise, GOP senator faces backlash alone
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Abandoned by his colleagues after negotiating a border compromise, GOP senator faces backlash alone

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Just before the Senate voted Wednesday to kill the border deal he spent the last four months negotiating, Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford climbed a set of marble stairs outside the chamber and joined his wife in the visitors’ gallery. As the Republican quietly watched from a floor above, briefly the outsider after defending his legislation in a last …

Senate Republicans Block Ukraine Aid, Border Security Package They'd Demanded
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate Republicans Block Ukraine Aid, Border Security Package They'd Demanded

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation that paired tougher border policy with more U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel, just days after it was unveiled by a bipartisan group of senators who spent months negotiating with the backing of the GOP. For months, Senate Republicans demanded border policy changes to solve what they called a …

Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, then scramble to find support for Ukraine aid
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, then scramble to find support for Ukraine aid

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Wartime aid for Ukraine was left hanging in the Senate Wednesday after Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package that had been tied to the funding, then struggled to coalesce around a plan to salvage the aid for Kyiv. After GOP senators scuttled months of negotiations with Democrats on legislation intended to cut back record numbers of illegal border …

Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid

NPR  

Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will move to a "Plan B" to move aid to Ukraine and Israel following the failure of a vote to start debate on a bipartisan border security package. Sponsor …

Democrats a Bit Stumped by Republican Denunciation of Republican Border Security Bill
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Democrats a Bit Stumped by Republican Denunciation of Republican Border Security Bill

Slate  

“The sun may be shining outside, but today is a gloomy day here in the United States Senate,” the chamber’s majority leader, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, said from the floor on Tuesday. Schumer was, in the immediate sense, referring to the status of the so-called national security supplementary package that members of both parties had written together—a bill that …

Border security and Ukraine aid collapses despite Biden’s plea for Congress to ‘show some spine’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Border security and Ukraine aid collapses despite Biden’s plea for Congress to ‘show some spine’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid suffered a swift and total collapse Tuesday as Republicans withdrew support despite President Joe Biden urging Congress to “show some spine” and stand up to Donald Trump. “Every week, every month that passes without new aid to Ukraine means fewer artillery shells, fewer air defense systems, fewer tools …

What is US Senate Border Security Bill? Donald Trump warns ‘this is a death wish’ for GOP
10 months, 2 weeks ago

What is US Senate Border Security Bill? Donald Trump warns ‘this is a death wish’ for GOP

Hindustan Times  

A $118 billion bill introduced by the Democrats in the US Senate would strengthen border security and provide Israel and Ukraine assistance amidst the ongoing wars. Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump He added that the bill would be “dead on arrival” if it ever did make it to the floor of the House. Taking to X, …

Ukraine-border bill on life support as pro-Trump Republicans and progressives come out against it
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine-border bill on life support as pro-Trump Republicans and progressives come out against it

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. House Republican leadership – including House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, …

Trump's shadow sways over GOP causing McConnell and co. to 'sweat' on border bill: report
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump's shadow sways over GOP causing McConnell and co. to 'sweat' on border bill: report

Raw Story  

The shadow president in Palm Beach, Florida is flexing his political sway over the GOP to terminate a Southern Border bill and bruise the current guard led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Whip John Thune in the process. Former President Donald Trump's MAGA faithful are attempting to stick a fork in the $118 billion to fortify border …

Border-Ukraine bill collapses as GOP balks; Biden pleads for Congress to ‘show some spine’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Border-Ukraine bill collapses as GOP balks; Biden pleads for Congress to ‘show some spine’

LA Times  

President Biden said Republicans failed to stand up to Trump on the deal. Frankly, they owe it to the American people to show some spine and do what they know to be right.” A Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid suffered a swift and total collapse Tuesday as Republicans withdrew support despite President Biden urging Congress to …

Republicans line up to sink Senate border bill negotiated by one of their own
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans line up to sink Senate border bill negotiated by one of their own

CNN  

Republican opposition continued to grow Tuesday against a $118 billion bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package ahead of a key vote in the Senate. Trump, who is hoping to make immigration a key plank of his presidential campaign, has suggested on Truth Social that approving additional resources for the border would make Republicans “look bad.” Offering a blunt assessment …

Aid for Ukraine in limbo after US Senate Republicans cast doubt over border bill
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Aid for Ukraine in limbo after US Senate Republicans cast doubt over border bill

India Today  

Amid mounting criticism from conservatives, Republicans in the US Senate have cast doubts over a bipartisan bill aimed at curbing illegal border crossings, signalling a likely defeat in Congress that would leave leaders with no clear path to approve wartime aid for Ukraine. House Speaker Mike Johnson has already called the proposal “dead on arrival” if it passes the Senate, …

Senate Republicans resist advancing on border policy bill, leaving aid for Ukraine in doubt
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate Republicans resist advancing on border policy bill, leaving aid for Ukraine in doubt

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Facing a torrent of criticism from conservatives, Senate Republicans on Monday resisted advancing on 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. And this sort of is a shifting of the worst border in history …

Fresh U.S. Senate border-Ukraine bill faces Republican buzzsaw
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Fresh U.S. Senate border-Ukraine bill faces Republican buzzsaw

Raw Story  

U.S. senators on Sunday released the text of a much-anticipated deal that would unlock billions in new aid for Ukraine and Israel while tightening US border laws, but the top House Republican quickly vowed to shoot it down. Most significantly, it would give President Joe Biden the power to reject asylum seekers if illegal border crossings reached over 5,000 per …

Bipartisan Senate group releases text of Ukraine-immigration agreement
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bipartisan Senate group releases text of Ukraine-immigration agreement

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The bipartisan bill would require the Department of …

Trump urges Republicans to reject border and Ukraine aid bill
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump urges Republicans to reject border and Ukraine aid bill

The Telegraph  

Donald Trump has told Republicans to reject a $118 billion bipartisan border deal which links tougher immigration laws and aid for Ukraine and Israel. Urging Senators to vote in favour of the bill on Wednesday, Joe Biden told Republicans to stop “playing politics” and pass the legislation. On Truth Social, he wrote: “Only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, …

Senators release a border and Ukraine deal but the House speaker declares it ‘dead on arrival’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senators release a border and Ukraine deal but the House speaker declares it ‘dead on arrival’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senators on Sunday released a highly anticipated $118 billion package that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, but it quickly ran into a wall of opposition from top House Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson. Biden said in a statement that the Senate proposal “allows the United States to continue our …

Senators release package of border policies and aid for Ukraine and Israel
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senators release package of border policies and aid for Ukraine and Israel

LA Times  

Senators on Sunday released a highly anticipated $118-billion bill that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, setting off a long-shot effort to push the package through despite heavy skepticism from Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson. Johnson, in an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said that he had tried to …

Senators reach a deal on border policy bill. Now it faces an uphill fight to passage
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Senators reach a deal on border policy bill. Now it faces an uphill fight to passage

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate negotiators on Friday reached a deal on a proposal to overhaul the asylum system at the U.S. border with Mexico, clearing the way for Democratic and Republican Senate leaders to begin the difficult task of convincing Congress to pass a national security package that will include tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine and immigration enforcement, as …

Biden urges Congress to embrace border bill. But House speaker suggests it may be ‘dead on arrival’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden urges Congress to embrace border bill. But House speaker suggests it may be ‘dead on arrival’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday pressed Congress to embrace a bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures with Ukraine aid, but House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested the compromise on border and immigration policy could be “dead on arrival” in his chamber. Senate Republicans had initially insisted that border policy changes be included in Biden’s $110 billion emergency …

Senate deal on border, Ukraine at risk of collapse due to election year
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Senate deal on border, Ukraine at risk of collapse due to election year

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid faced potential collapse Thursday as Senate Republicans grew increasingly wary of an election-year compromise that Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, says is “meaningless.” Senate negotiators have been striving for weeks to finish a carefully negotiated compromise on border and immigration policy that is meant …

Republicans Flail On Bipartisan Border Deal After Trump Orders Them To Reject It
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Republicans Flail On Bipartisan Border Deal After Trump Orders Them To Reject It

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans 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. All …

Senate border negotiations forge ahead despite pressure from Trump
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Senate border negotiations forge ahead despite pressure from Trump

NPR  

Senate border negotiations forge ahead despite pressure from Trump Enlarge this image toggle caption Mariam Zuhaib/AP Mariam Zuhaib/AP A bipartisan deal that would pair assistance to Ukraine and Israel with measures to improve border security is facing serious political threats as negotiators aim to finalize a deal. Punchbowl News first reported that McConnell told Republican senators the politics "have changed" …

Senate deal on border and Ukraine at risk of collapse as Trump pressures Republicans
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Senate deal on border and Ukraine at risk of collapse as Trump pressures Republicans

LA Times  

Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, the Democrats’ chief negotiator on the border security talks, speaks with reporters at the Capitol on Thursday. A bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid faced potential collapse Thursday as Senate Republicans grew increasingly wary of an election-year compromise that former President Trump, the likely GOP presidential nominee, appears to oppose. “We’re …

Senators are racing to win support for a border deal as aid to Ukraine hangs in the balance
11 months ago

Senators are racing to win support for a border deal as aid to Ukraine hangs in the balance

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate negotiators were laboring Monday to win wide support for a deal on border policy as they entered what could be a pivotal stretch for a painstakingly negotiated compromise that could open the door for Republican votes to replenish U.S. wartime aid for Ukraine. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s ability to marshal his conference for the border measures …

border immigration deal: The biggest political stories of the week.
11 months ago

border immigration deal: The biggest political stories of the week.

Slate  

With government funding punted another six weeks, Congress finally has some space to move on what will be the most crucial thing it does, or fails to do, this year: a bipartisan deal that would prevent Russia from extinguishing Ukraine in exchange for tighter immigration and border security policy. We still have not seen the proposal that’s in the works, …

Biden’s push for Ukraine aid stalls in Senate as negotiations over border restrictions drag on
1 year ago

Biden’s push for Ukraine aid stalls in Senate as negotiations over border restrictions drag on

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s push to have Congress replenish wartime aid for Ukraine as part of a deal on border and immigration policy changes will almost certainly drag into next year. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the negotiations were “among the most difficult things we’ve done in recent memory.” “Everyone knows that something should be done to fix …

Senate Republicans and Bernie Sanders block vote Ukraine and Israel aid
1 year ago

Senate Republicans and Bernie Sanders block vote Ukraine and Israel aid

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Senate Republicans and Sen Bernie Sanders blocked a vote on …

Republicans block Ukraine funding over US-Mexico border despite Biden pleas
1 year ago

Republicans block Ukraine funding over US-Mexico border despite Biden pleas

Al Jazeera  

The Kremlin has celebrated the gridlock, saying it hopes US lawmakers will keep axing Biden’s aid plan. Biden had earlier warned of dire consequences for Kyiv – and a “gift” to Russia’s Vladimir Putin – if Congress failed to pass the measure, which includes about $61bn to help Ukraine keep up pressure on Russia during the freezing winter months, as …

As Ukraine aid falters in the Senate, Biden signals he’s willing to make a deal on border security
1 year ago

As Ukraine aid falters in the Senate, Biden signals he’s willing to make a deal on border security

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As Senate Republicans blocked the advance of tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance for Ukraine Wednesday, President Joe Biden berated their tactics as “stunning” and dangerous. But even as he lashed Republicans for their stance, Biden stressed that he is willing to “make significant compromises on the border,” if that’s what it takes to …

House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aid
1 year ago

House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aid

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson told fellow Republicans on Tuesday that sweeping changes to U.S. border policy would be their “hill to die on” in negotiations that have already grown tense as Congress considers President Joe Biden’s $110 billion package for the wars in Ukraine and Israel and other security needs. Before Wednesday’s test vote, Schumer made Republicans what …

Just 10 days before another government shutdown, Congress expands to-do list with Ukraine, border
1 year, 1 month ago

Just 10 days before another government shutdown, Congress expands to-do list with Ukraine, border

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Ten days before a potential government shutdown, Congress is no closer to resolving the standoff and is even complicating the issue with Republican demands for border security changes as a condition for further support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. At a closed-door meeting, House Republicans discussed stopgap measures, including a new idea gaining traction: a “laddered” …

Senate Republicans outline border security measures they want as a condition for aiding Ukraine
1 year, 1 month ago

Senate Republicans outline border security measures they want as a condition for aiding Ukraine

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans have released a sweeping set of U.S. border security proposals as a condition for sending more aid to Ukraine, laying out a draft plan to resume construction on parts of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, curtail humanitarian parole for people who cross into the United States and make it more difficult for migrants to qualify for asylum. …

Senate Republicans Block Democrats' Sweeping Voting Rights Legislation
3 years, 6 months ago

Senate Republicans Block Democrats' Sweeping Voting Rights Legislation

NPR  

Senate Republicans Block Democrats' Sweeping Voting Rights Legislation Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images Democrats' massive election overhaul bill aimed at protecting and expanding voting rights and reforming campaign finance laws has stalled in the Senate. "Republicans across the country are deliberately targeting all the ways that younger, poorer, nonwhite and typically Democratic voters access …

Senate Republicans Block Democrats' Sweeping Voting Rights Legislation
3 years, 6 months ago

Senate Republicans Block Democrats' Sweeping Voting Rights Legislation

NPR  

Senate Republicans Block Democrats' Sweeping Voting Rights Legislation Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images Democrats' massive election overhaul bill aimed at protecting and expanding voting rights and reforming campaign finance laws has stalled in the Senate. "Republicans across the country are deliberately targeting all the ways that younger, poorer, nonwhite and typically Democratic voters access …

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