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Senators McConnell and Langford turn against their own Border Bill

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Looks like a couple of "swamp creatures" have felt some serious pressure from their own base. Senate Minority Leader McConnell even had some calls to step down as the Senate GOP leadership role due to the "bipartisan border deal" that was negotiated in secret with Oklahoma Republican Senator Langford as the lead for the GOP.

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Mitch McConnell Turns Against Border Bill

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) decided to recommend that Republicans block the advancement of the Senate pro-migration border bill.
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Mitch McConnell Turns Against Border Bill​

Bradley Jaye5 Feb 2024​
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, tells reporters he has secured enough Republican votes to start President Donald Trump's impeachment trial and postpone a decision on witnesses and documents Democrats want, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday …
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Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the shocking decision to recommend Republicans block the advancement of the Senate pro-migration border bill. . . ​
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McConnell cited the overwhelming number of Senate Republicans planning to vote against the measure either on substance or because they wanted more time, according to Punchbowl News. . . McConnell said the political mood in the country has changed since negotiations began months ago. At that time, McConnell and Democrat leaders agreed to pair foreign aid to Ukraine, of which McConnell is the Senate’s greatest champion, with a border compromise.​
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Migrants walk beside the US-Mexico border fence in Lukeville, Arizona, US, on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. An influx of migrants crossing the border unlawfully around remote Lukeville, Arizona, has overwhelmed US border officials causing them to close the official port of entry in order to direct resources to processing the unlawful arrivals. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg​
Migrants walk beside the US-Mexico border fence in Lukeville, Arizona, on Dec. 11, 2023. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg News via Getty Images)​
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. . . Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) touted his close work with McConnell on the deal. “I have never worked more closely with Leader McConnell on any piece of legislation as we did on this,” Schumer told reporters on Sunday.​
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Leaked details of the secretive deal, which McConnell’s chosen Republican lead negotiator Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) and other allies denied, were confirmed Sunday upon the bill’s release. The overwhelming opposition led to McConnell altering his plan Monday night.​
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Even Lankford, who continued championing the deal leading up to Monday night’s Senate Republican Conference meeting, would not say after the meeting if he would vote to move forward Wednesday on the deal he negotiated . . . ​
 
Hopefully it dies I emailed my Rep and congressmen (unkle Fester) to get this stopped in its tracks or I'd do every thing to get them fired next election!


 
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