Johnson calls Senate border deal 'dead on arrival' in House [View all]
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Source: Roll Call
Posted January 26, 2024 at 1:33pm
Speaker Mike Johnson warned Friday that an emerging Senate border deal — if reached — would be “dead on arrival” in his chamber, delivering the latest blow to the national security supplemental’s prospects. The “Dear Colleague” letter caps off a week that laid bare the divisions among Republicans that threaten to tank whatever bipartisan plan Senate negotiators — who have vowed to work through the weekend to try to finalize an agreement — may eventually produce on U.S.-Mexico border policy changes and related funding.
In recent days, as senators have inched closer to a border compromise that’s key to unlocking billions of dollars of aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific, the path for broader national security supplemental funding has only gotten harder.
Former President Donald Trump has loomed over the talks, openly lobbying for GOP lawmakers to accept nothing less than a “perfect” solution to the influx of migrants at the U.S. southern border. The pressure shaped a closed-door Senate Republican gathering Wednesday evening, in which Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., acknowledged the presumptive GOP nominee’s influence over the process as the 2024 election season heats up.
But Johnson, R-La., threw up another roadblock in his Friday letter, in which he declared Senate negotiations dead, reiterated House GOP support for a House-passed immigration bill and pledged to move forward with the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the coming week.
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