Tag: Border

Senate Border Bill Heading for Doomed Vote – HotAir

How do we know the Senate’s attempt to pass a jumble of border-enforcement and foreign-aid measures is doomed to failure? Even the Senate Republicans who backed the bill this weekend have begun hitting reverse. After pushing hard for the deal this weekend, Mitch McConnell himself has reassessed the situation and has decided to back away […]

McConnell Finally Backs Down on Border Amnesty Bill – HotAir

It took a while, likely a couple of months, but last night Mitch McConnell finally saw the error of his ways in endorsing the disastrous “bipartisan border deal” that he and other Senate Republicans had worked out with Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden. During a closed-door meeting with his caucus, McConnell advised his fellow Republicans […]

Border Patrol Union Endorses Senate Border Bill – HotAir

The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) supports the Senate border bill. I know. I was shocked, too. NBPC endorses the border security portion of the bill dropped on Sunday night when no one was paying attention. It does not weigh in on the foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.  The reason the NBPC gave […]

How Do I Know That the Border Bill Is Not Serious? – HotAir

Senate Republicans who were involved in negotiating the Ukraine/Israel funding bill that happens to include totally ridiculous provisions that pretend to address border security are pretending to be shocked that House Republicans are not going to take up the bill.  There is lots of commentary out there regarding the bill, and not having read it […]