There IS a problem….
The US Southern Border vs Foreign Aid quagmire is starting to get worse….
The President is NOT gonna give up his parole authority it would appear…..
House Republican RightWingNuts and Trump now are signaling they won’t approve ANY Border bill without it…
The US Senate IS set to pass a Foreign Aid Bill….
The Democrats WOULD help the House Speaker get it done without changing the parole part…
But?
House Speaker Johnson could very well lose his spot like Kevin McCarthy did with essentially the bills that are up for consideration…
The Ukrainians ARE getting infusions of money from European countries and the EU wants to also advance billions, but Hungary is stopping this…
Things have got to the place were the Brits have reached out to American lawmakers in Congress to approve funding for the Ukraine….
In a closed-door meeting Wednesday afternoon, McConnell, who is pushing for Ukraine funding and reluctantly agreed to tie the foreign aid to border security, acknowledged that the politics are tough for passing a border deal, according to two people familiar with his comments, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private meeting.
McConnell’s doubts were aired after a significant number of Republican senators, backed up by right-wing media, have increasingly vocalized their opposition to a border security deal before details have been released and even as they have raised alarm bells about the influx of migrants at the border……
McConnell IS for a deal………
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said during a private meeting Thursday that he still supports a border security deal linked to Ukraine aid, according to GOP senators who attended — delivering a crucial boost to talks that are getting more complicated by the minute.
McConnell has spent the past few months singularly focused on getting billions of new dollars to Ukraine, so normally such a pledge would not be earth-shaking. Yet some Republicans woke up Thursday wondering if their bid to link stricter immigration policy to foreign aid was still viable, after McConnell on Wednesday delivered a candid assessment of the challenges posed by former President Donald Trump’s dominance in the presidential primary.
At the tail end of the Senate GOP’s last meeting of the week, however, McConnell removed any doubts: He is still forcefully pushing a deal that would pair new border and immigration restrictions with money for Ukraine. It’s a critical piece of McConnell’s legacy — and the GOP leader isn’t letting go at this late stage in the game….