Crime & Safety
Senate Set To Vote Today On All-But-Doomed Border Deal As Plan B On Foreign Aid Emerges
GOP senators were poised to oppose the procedural vote to open debate on the package that includes the border agreement released on Sunday.
February 7, 2024
Washington — The Senate is set to take up a key vote Wednesday afternoon on a long-anticipated border deal as part of a national security supplemental funding package that will likely come up short, thanks to opposition from Republicans.
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GOP senators were poised to oppose the procedural vote to open debate on the package that includes the border agreement released on Sunday as well as tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer planned to forge ahead anyway.
"For the security of America at the border, for the security of Ukraine and Israel, we're going to keep at it," Schumer told reporters on Tuesday. "We will move further forward. Stay tuned."
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