Re: Senate GOP blocks bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package in key vote

[My name is Beau...Britches...I think.]

In article <5e578aa6-3727-412f...@googlegroups.com>
Molly Bolt <mollyth...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It was a Democrat screw job leaving the American public out in the
cold again.

Republican lawmakers are warning that dysfunction in their chamber
is not only wasting time but could also lead to setbacks in the
general election in November as the party is crippled by infighting
over their leadership and the best path forward for aid to Ukraine,
Israel and the border.

“I just don’t think the last three months could have been handled
any worse,” GOP Sen. Josh Hawley, a long-time critic of Minority
Leader Mitch McConnell said. “Why would voters look at what goes on
over here — the circus — and say, ‘Yeah. We want more of this?’”

After Senate Republicans rejected a carefully negotiated border deal
from their colleague Sen. James Lankford, the party finds itself
back in the same position it was months ago. Many want to send money
to Ukraine but disputes are erupting about the best strategy to get
there.

Allies of McConnell’s say it’s not the leader who is causing the
problem. Instead, they argue the issue is the compounding missteps
in the House.

“We are going to win West Virginia, we are going to win Ohio. We are
going to win Montana. We have great candidates in all of them. I
think Nevada and Arizona are at play. I am confident we are going to
win back the Senate. The House… man they’ve gotta get some stuff
working for them,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from
Oklahoma, told CNN on Wednesday.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/senate-vote-border-bill-aid-
02-07-24