On Thursday's broadcast of MSNBC's “The Andrea Mitchell Report,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said, “We really have a framework here that Democrats want to implement the Biden plan to solve the border problem. We have to make it happen.” But if open borders Republicans want to go in a different direction, they would need 60 votes to pass the bill. ” And, “If we're talking about President Trump wanting open borders and not wanting to solve this problem, and the Republicans supporting open borders and trying to keep them open as a campaign issue.'' It's not good for America.'' Good. “
Markley said:[T]The Republican caucus is currently in complete turmoil, with leader McConnell under attack from both the Republican right and the Republican left. So the option on the table is to go ahead with the complete package. Of course, we haven't seen the text of the bill at this point, but Democrats want to implement the $14 billion that President Biden is proposing to fix the problem. Resolve issues at borders and conclude agreements. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Republican Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) have been negotiating for more than a month and are close to reaching an agreement.we were looking forward to seeing[ing] that. But listen, if President Trump wants open borders and he doesn't want to solve this problem and Republicans support open borders and he wants to keep this issue open as a campaign issue. If so, that's not true. He has served America well. So we have to actually make the framework here that Democrats want to implement the Biden plan to solve the border problem, but open borders Republicans want to go in a different direction. Well, we need 60 votes to pass the bill. ”
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