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The Washington Post reports:
The Senate voted down a sweeping national security and border reform package on Wednesday after most Senate Republicans banded together with a handful of Democrats to reject the legislation their leadership helped negotiate.
The bill included more than $60 billion in aid for Ukraine as it fends off a Russian invasion and $14 billion for Israel in its war in Gaza, and has long been a top national security priority for President Biden.
The vote caps an unusual week for the Senate, after Republicans who said they would not aid U.S. allies before addressing the influx of migrants at the U.S. border promptly slammed the very deal they had demanded hours after it was released.
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A failure of leadership from a boatload of Senators cruelly keeping an issue alive, at the assured harm to our nation, its people, and immigrants (illegal or not), in service of Trump’s campaign. https://t.co/7masni8kuD
— Whitney Westerfield (@KyWhitney) February 7, 2024
BREAKING:
Senate Republicans killed the bipartisan immigration-Ukraine bill, endorsed by (Trump-supporting) Border Patrol Union.
Shameful. pic.twitter.com/Fxq2g5tf63
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) February 7, 2024
My friend James Lankford, knowing that minutes later his entire party will vote against our bipartisan bill to fix the border, explaining what it means to be a United States Senator.
One of the most important speeches I’ve heard in 10 years in the Senate.
Proud of you, friend. pic.twitter.com/yaufAmHQxb— Chris Murphy
(@ChrisMurphyCT) February 7, 2024
49-50:Senate blocks bipartisan $118B border security-foreign aid bill. Republicans voted Yes: Collins, Lankford, Murkowski & Romney; Democrats Markey, Menendez, Padilla, Warren & Sanders-I voted No. Schumer switched vote to No & filed motion to reconsider allowing another vote. pic.twitter.com/K1tggVi9Um
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) February 7, 2024