{"id":2251394,"date":"2024-05-23T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-a-stunt-senate-rejects-border-security-bill-again\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T16:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:03:30","slug":"this-is-a-stunt-senate-rejects-border-security-bill-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-a-stunt-senate-rejects-border-security-bill-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Rejects Border Security Bill Again: Labeled a Stunt"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fthis-is-a-stunt-senate-rejects-border-security-bill-again%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=2251394&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 Democrat-controlled Senate once\u2063 again\u2062 rejected \u200cthe Border Act, a key bill on \u2063border security. Despite\u200c efforts to\u200b revive it, the bill failed to garner enough support. Senate Leader Chuck Schumer \u2064resurrected the legislation, sparking criticism. \u2062Senators \u200bJames Lankford and Kyrsten \u200cSinema voiced concerns about \u2062the bill&#8217;s \u2063handling. The proposed law aimed\u200b to enhance asylum\u2063 procedures and border security amidst disagreements over immigration\u200b policies.  <\/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<p>On Thursday, the Democrat-controlled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a> once again rejected a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-if-dems-try-to-pass-3-5t-far-left-wish-list-then-hell-yeah-gop-should-skip-town-like-tx-dems\/\" title=\"Graham: If Dems Try To Pass .5T Far-Left Wish List Then \u2018Hell Yeah\u2019 GOP Should Skip Town Like TX Dems\">border security bill<\/a> that failed to pass earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Border Act,\u201d which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senate-fails-to-advance-border-security-compromise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">got blocked<\/a> in February when linked to foreign aid, failed to meet the 60-vote threshold as a standalone measure to have the upper chamber invoke cloture and proceed with consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty members voted against advancing the bill, while only 43 members voted in favor of moving forward with the legislation, which Senate Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/chuck-schumer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senate-to-give-failed-border-security-bill-another-chance-house-republicans-warn-it-would-be-dead-on-arrival?ref=lite.verity.news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resurrected<\/a> in the past week.<\/p>\n<p>One of the members who spent months helping to craft the bill, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), came out against how leadership handled reviving the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m making it very clear with my vote that this is a stunt \u2014 not an attempt to do anything,\u201d Lankford <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1VJ1Ib6gSpM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Newsmax. \u201cAnd I\u2019m going to be interested in how many Democrats walk away from this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another negotiator, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorSinema\/status\/1793702553768645109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">floor speech<\/a> claiming that Democrats and Republicans have chosen \u201cpolitical theater\u201d over real progress.<\/p>\n<p>The bill seeks to tighten up the asylum process and shore up border security to get a grip on the migrant crisis, but many GOP lawmakers argued it would codify President Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/scalise.house.gov\/press-releases\/House-GOP-Leadership-Statement-on-the-Senate-Taking-Up-Failed-Immigration-Legislation-This-Week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201copen border\u201d policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans warned the bill would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senate-to-give-failed-border-security-bill-another-chance-house-republicans-warn-it-would-be-dead-on-arrival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cdead on arrival\u201d<\/a> if it came their way and instead pushed for the Senate to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/house-vote-strengthened-border-bill-hours-title-42\/story?id=99197886\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pass H.R. 2<\/a>, a more stringent border security bill they passed last year that Schumer has refused to take up for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/election-2024-immigration-issue-voters-84916a17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top issue<\/a> heading into the presidential election this November.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) released a statement after the vote on Thursday, saying Schumer \u201cshould join House Republicans in demanding President Biden reverse course and use his executive authority to finally secure the border and protect American families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Top Democrats accused Republicans of stopping progress toward a solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the GOP isn\u2019t interested today in getting this done \u2014 we\u2019ll keep trying. It\u2019s too important to our national security, our communities, our country,\u201d Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1793721547943010729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on X after the vote on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/05\/23\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-senate-vote-on-the-bipartisan-border-security-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> Republicans \u201cdo not care about securing the border or fixing America\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-recruiting-gop-senators-for-amnesty-deal\/\" title=\"Democrats Recruiting GOP Senators for Amnesty Deal\">broken immigration system<\/a>,\u201d and said he remains \u201ccommitted to taking action\u201d to address the issue.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the Democrat-led Senate revisited a border security bill, previously obstructed. The &#8220;Border Act,&#8221; initially tied to foreign aid in February, fell short of the 60-vote threshold when presented independently for cloture approval for further deliberation. Only fifty members supported the bill, preventing its advancement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2251395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2153582170-scaled-e1716476201282.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2153582170-scaled-e1716476201282.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2251395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}