A border bill pushed by Democratic and Republican Senate leaders failed in a floor vote with only 43 votes, far short of the 60 votes needed to begin debate or the 50 needed to pass.
50 Senators Voted Seven senators opposed the bill, including four Republicans.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) was the only Republican to vote in favor of the corporate-backed bill, which would have accelerated the influx of economic migrants who exploited asylum and parole loopholes.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) (Drew Ungerer/Getty Images)
Six Democrats and independents joined Republicans in voting against the failed bill, presumably because it allowed them to signal support for more radical policies without contributing to the bill’s failure. The Democrats and independents who voted against it were Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), LaFonza Butler (D-Calif.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and the bill’s alleged author, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
Two Democrats facing tough elections in 2024, Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), voted in favor of giving cheap labor to corporations.
The public debacle came after Democrats argued that the loopholes in the bill were popular and effective, and the mainstream media covered up the pro-immigrant purposes of the bill, which was negotiated behind closed doors by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
The bill was announced in February but quickly lost support once people read the details.
Democrats are trying to cover up Biden’s failure on the southern border by forcing another vote on this fake bill. pic.twitter.com/TqoT7rzgF6
— Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt) May 23, 2024
Democrats resurrected the bill in May, and their media allies blamed Republicans and former President Donald Trump for the damage caused by Democrats’ support for President Joe Biden’s relaxed immigration policies.
Despite the floor vote, Democrats are likely to be comfortable with the Schumer-McConnell bill because it gives them a way to spread responsibility to nominees who support Biden’s policies.
“We were playing chess and they were playing checkers,” Schumer said. Said Politico In February, Democrats loudly blamed President Trump for the bill’s rapid failure. [political] “The situation at the border is better than it was three months ago,” Schumer boasted.
After the February debacle, McConnell announced he would step down from his leadership role at the end of 2024.
Since 2021, Biden has imported over 10 million legal, illegal and semi-legal immigrants. The result has been lower wages, higher housing costs, higher interest rates, lower productivity and greater social unrest for 330 million Americans.
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Conversely, Biden’s policies have prompted a major shift in public opinion on immigration: For example, a 2022 poll found that a majority of Americans say Biden’s immigration policies could be described as an “invasion.”
But Biden’s pro-immigration economic policies would also generate huge benefits for investors, federal and state government agencies, urban retailers, landlords, employers and other Democratic donors.
