Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has made a shocking decision to recommend that Republicans block the Senate from advancing a pro-immigration border bill.
The first procedural vote was scheduled for Wednesday. It is unclear whether House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will move forward, but it is likely.
McConnell said the overwhelming majority of Senate Republicans plan to vote against the bill based on its content or because they want more time. according to to punch bowl news.
The longtime Republican leader has spoken out in favor of the deal and has expressed no personal hesitation about the bill to his colleagues.
according to punch bowl, McConnell said the domestic political atmosphere has changed since negotiations began several months ago. At the time, Mr. McConnell and his Democratic leaders agreed to a combination of foreign aid to Ukraine and a compromise on the border, for which Mr. McConnell is the Senate’s biggest champion.
Migrants walk next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence on Dec. 11, 2023, in Lukeville, Arizona. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg News via Getty Images)
Democrats were also generally in favor of supporting Ukraine’s stalled war against Russia, but they used McConnell’s enthusiasm for supporting Ukraine to counter Republicans, and instead of supporting European countries, A compromise was dangled.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) touted working closely with McConnell on the deal. “I have never worked so closely with Leader McConnell on any legislation,” Schumer said. Said Sunday reporters.
Details of the secret agreement, which had been denied by Mr. McConnell’s top Republican negotiator, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), and other allies, were leaked and confirmed in Sunday’s bill announcement. Due to overwhelming opposition, Mr. McConnell changed his plans on Monday night.
Even Lankford, who continued to support the deal until Monday night’s Senate Republican conference, declined to say after the meeting whether he would vote to advance the deal he negotiated Wednesday. according to to huffington post.
oh. Lankford would not say whether he would vote to pass his own bill Wednesday.
“The biggest problem I have is that obviously there are a lot of members who have doubts about it. If we try to make this enforceable right now, it won’t move and it won’t become law. there is no.”
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The plan would legislate many of the open border policies launched by Mr. Biden that have resulted in a wave of migrants overwhelming law enforcement at the southern border.
This is a developing story.
Bradley Jay is Breitbart News’ Capitol Hill correspondent. Follow him on X/Twitter. @BradleyAJay.
