{"id":2251330,"date":"2024-05-23T14:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T18:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-votes-down-failed-border-deal-in-face-of-bipartisan-opposition\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T15:03:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:03:20","slug":"senate-votes-down-failed-border-deal-in-face-of-bipartisan-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-votes-down-failed-border-deal-in-face-of-bipartisan-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate rejects unsuccessful border agreement amid bipartisan resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-votes-down-failed-border-deal-in-face-of-bipartisan-opposition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2251330&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Senate rejected a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-says-senate-not-anywhere-close-to-reaching-ukraine-border-deal\/\" title=\"Lindsey Graham: Senate far from Ukraine-border agreement\">bipartisan border deal<\/a>, criticized as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">political theater<\/a> before the November election. Republicans opposed \u2063the bill tied to foreign \u200daid. Democrats saw it as\u200b crucial for border security. There were defections, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-have-a-rendezvous-with-destiny-mr-vice-president-on-january-6th-vice-president-pence-will-choose-the-direction-of-the-world-for-years-to-come-like-thomas-je\/\" title=\"\u201cYou Have a Rendezvous with Destiny, Mr. Vice President\u201d \u2013 On January 6th Vice President Pence Will Choose the Direction of the World for Years to Come \u2013 Like Thomas Jefferson Did Centuries Ago\">final vote<\/a> was\u200c 43-50. The bill aimed at immigration legislation, \u2063but disagreements led to its failure, with the focus shifting to Ukraine aid. The bipartisan border deal was dismissed by the\u2063 Senate as political theater before the\u2063 November election. Republicans opposed the bill\u2062 linked to foreign \u200caid, while Democrats viewed it as vital \u2064for border \u2063security. \u200cDespite defections, the final vote stood\u200b at\u200b 43-50.\u200d Disagreements on immigration legislation caused its failure, shifting attention to \u200dUkraine aid.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate<\/a> rejected a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3007243\/senate-democrats-attempt-revive-bipartisan-border-deal-lankford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bipartisan border deal<\/a> on Thursday in a vote that Republicans denounced as \u201cpolitical theater\u201d ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections.\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>November election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The border bill, originally tied to a larger package on foreign aid, failed on the Senate floor in February, with all but four Republicans lining up against it.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats framed the second attempt, this time a standalone vote, as a chance to demonstrate Washington\u2019s seriousness about getting border security done. Meanwhile, Republicans regarded the move as designed to give <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3009820\/schumer-swing-democrats-political-cover-border-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>political cover<\/a> to vulnerable Democrats up for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to the February vote, Democrats saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3011985\/border-bill-boxes-senate-progressives-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>handful of defections<\/a>, among them Latino and progressive lawmakers who viewed the bill as too draconian. There were two new additions on Thursday: Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Laphonza Butler (D-CA).<\/p>\n<p>In a dramatic reversal, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), the Republican who negotiated the bill with Senate Democrats and the White House, voted against it, as did all GOP senators with the exception of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).<\/p>\n<p>The final vote tally was 43-50.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s vote, the first procedural step on the bill, served to underscore the enduring impact of the border crisis ahead of the November election, as well as the difficulty of getting immigration legislation through Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Lankford, along with the two other senators at the center of negotiations, had hoped to advance the first major piece of legislation in decades on the issue but instead resorted to finger-pointing with his Democratic counterpart, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), ahead of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a bill. This is a prop now,\u201d Lankford told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, lamenting the lack of outreach from Senate Democrats this time around. \u201cIf we\u2019re going to have an actual debate, you don\u2019t just throw it on the floor and say, we\u2019re going to vote on this again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murphy bristled at the accusation. \u201cForgive me if I don\u2019t want to throw away four months of really hard, difficult work,\u201d he responded. \u201cEvery single word of this bill was exhaustively negotiated with Republicans, including the Senate Republican leader, so it\u2019s just bulls*** to suggest that this is some political show vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans spent months demanding the compromise in exchange for Ukraine aid, but ultimately backed away from the final deal.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats gave concessions including new asylum restrictions and limits on humanitarian parole, but a provision giving President Joe Biden the authority to shut down the border once crossings reach 4,000 a day doomed its prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans warned that it would codify a certain level of illegal immigration as acceptable, a claim the deal\u2019s negotiators denied.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats ultimately blamed former President Donald Trump\u2019s opposition to the bill for its failure, claiming Republicans wanted to keep a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-fact-checks-scientific-piece-arguing-coronavirus-originated-in-chinese-lab\/\" title=\"Facebook \u2018Fact Checks\u2019 Scientific Piece Arguing Coronavirus Originated in Chinese Lab\">political flashpoint<\/a> in play for the presidential election. Republicans countered the bill would have given Biden political cover without actually solving the border crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Congress went on to pass Ukraine aid with the immigration proposal stripped out.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, talks as Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Ct., right, listens during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The border is no less potent an issue three months later. Democrat Jon Tester, attempting to hold on to his seat in deep-red Montana, has tacked to the right on immigration. Earlier this month, he became the first Democrat to co-sponsor the Laken Riley Act, which would require the Department of Homeland Security to detain suspected criminal aliens.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he and a slate of vulnerable Democrats voted for the border bill on Thursday, including Sens. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Jacky Rosen of Nevada, and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the vote, Democrats warned Republicans against blocking a deal that had been crafted in the spirit of bipartisanship. The messaging reflected an attempt to put the party on defense on an issue that is generally regarded as a Democratic liability.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who is expected to implement many of the deal\u2019s components through executive action, continues to receive low approval ratings for his handling of the border.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans, in an effort led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), attempted to counter that line of attack over the last week, requesting unanimous consent on a total of 13 bills that were blocked from receiving floor consideration by the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) asked to proceed to H.R. 2, the Republican-led House\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-squeezed-from-all-sides-as-washington-pursues-border-deal\/\" title=\"Speaker Johnson under pressure as Washington pursues border agreement\">flagship border bill<\/a>, while Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) brought forward a bill to add a citizenship question to the census.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt every opportunity, Democrats refused to even consider this legislation,\u201d Lee said in a statement. \u201cTheir politically motivated failure theater can\u2019t hide the fact that they are the party responsible for this crisis and they are the party blocking solutions in the U.S. Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the Senate dismissed a bipartisan border deal, criticized by Republicans as pre-election &#8220;political theater.&#8221; The bill, linked to foreign aid, fell in February, facing strong GOP opposition. 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