Mike Johnson has his "come to Orwell" moment.

[Meister]

They aren't playing games with it. After much consternation Dems realized a different approach was called for. So they offered to compromise with Repubs, agreeing to the most conservative border bill in decades.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just before the Senate voted Wednesday to kill the border deal he spent the last four months negotiating, Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford climbed a set of marble stairs outside the chamber and joined his wife in the visitors’ gallery.

As the Republican quietly watched from a floor above, briefly the outsider after defending his legislation in a last Senate floor speech, fellow negotiator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona was down on the floor excoriating the Republicans who had abandoned Lankford, one by one, after insisting on a border deal and asking him to negotiate a compromise on one of the country’s most intractable issues.

“Less than 24 hours after we released the bill, my Republican colleagues changed their minds,” said Sinema, a former Democrat turned Independent. “Turns out they want all talk and no action. It turns out border security is not a risk to our national security. It’s just a talking point for the election.”

Abandoned by his colleagues after negotiating a border compromise, GOP senator faces backlash alone

A former youth minister in the Baptist church, Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford is known as one of the most sincere and well-liked members of the Senate.

apnews.com

Not surprising that the liberals would not think that letting in millions without proper vetting would not be an issue
for national security.

 

[elektra]

They aren't playing games with it. After much consternation Dems realized a different approach was called for. So they offered to compromise with Repubs, agreeing to the most conservative border bill in decades.

A bill spending more money on war and foreign countries was written to fail and can not be called a border bill.

The Democrats misuse of words and changing the definition is a tool in the bag of tyranny

 

[Concerned American]

so Trump killed it.

Trump has absolutely NO POSITION in government. How did Trump kill anything? Methinks you have Trump living in your empty head.

 

[Clipper]

A buzz saw of Republican opposition in the House is threatening to kill the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel that the Senate overwhelmingly passed early Tuesday, leaving proponents of the emergency aid legislation scrounging for unorthodox ways to push the bill over the finish line.

Hours before the Senate approved the bill in a lopsided 70-to-29 vote, Speaker Mike Johnson suggested he would not allow the aid package to receive a vote on the House floor. The measure would provide an additional $60.1 billion for Kyiv — which would bring the total U.S. investment in the war effort to more than $170 billion — as well as $14.1 billion for Israel’s war against Hamas and almost $10 billion for humanitarian aid for civilians in conflict zones, including Palestinians in Gaza.

“House Republicans were crystal clear from the very beginning of discussions that any so-called national security supplemental legislation must recognize that national security begins at our own border,” Mr. Johnson said in a statement on Monday night, adding: “In the absence of having received any single border policy change from the Senate, the House will have to continue to work its own will on these important matters.”

Ukraine Aid Bill Faces Hurdles in the House Amid G.O.P. Opposition

Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated he won’t put the Senate legislation to a vote in the House, leaving proponents scrambling to find a path to passage.

www.nytimes.com

Mike didn't want to consider the immigration reform bill that included aid to Israel and Ukraine because it addressed many of the concerns raised by Repubs regarding the border.......so Trump killed it. Now he doesn't want to consider aid to Israel and Ukraine because it doesn't include border security provisions. Is it me or is he a little hard to please?

Short stuff 5''6" Lil Mikey is a "god loving" lying hypocrite with his face stuffed so far up his master's ass Trump it's a wonder he can even breathe.

Trump only supports bold faced liars like Lil Mikey.

 

[Clipper]

Trump has absolutely NO POSITION in government. How did Trump kill anything? Methinks you have Trump living in your empty head.

Because he's pulling the strings of his lackeys like Mikey Johnson & Gym Jordan, that's why.

 

[Meister]

Just the dysfunctional party of NO, saying NO, to make sure their own people don't pass anything for the good of the country over politics, another example of the guys that can't take yes for an answer. The only action that bunch is capable of is swapping out Speakers, they look totally dysfunctional at that also. I do not see them controlling either house or the presidency after November. A shame. They used to be a good party of common sense.

Good luck with your dream....but, why not actually stop illegal immigration, instead of putting a band aid on it?
After all, 86% of Americans want it stopped, doesn't the government work for us any longer?

 

[Concerned American]

Not surprising that the liberals would not think that letting in millions without proper vetting would not be an issue
for national security.

Not to mention the gifting of $61B in aid to a country who is NOT our ally--who we have no mutual defense treaties with and another $14B to a country who is our ally and $10B more for various and sundry other pet projects in the Indo-Pacific region while sending a paltry sum of $14B to the border that is the subject of the package. SMH. Are people in this country really that naive?

 

[Concerned American]

Because he's pulling the strings of his lackeys like Mikey Johnson & Gym Jordan, that's why.

Using your logic, that means that Soros is pulling Biden's strings. Thanks for the confirmation.

 

[berg80]

Not surprising that the liberals would not think that letting in millions without proper vetting would not be an issue
for national security.

So........you're one of those folks who throws shit on the wall without knowing what you're talking about. Imagine my surprise.

An Analysis of the Senate Border Bill

If passed in its current form, the 2024 Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act would be the most sweeping immigration bill of the twenty-first century

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

 

[berg80]

Using your logic, that means that Soros is pulling Biden's strings. Thanks for the confirmation.

So........you're one of those folks who throws shit on the wall without knowing what you're talking about. Imagine my surprise.

 

[White 6]

Good luck with your dream....but, why not actually stop illegal immigration, instead of putting a band aid on it?
After all, 86% of Americans want it stopped, doesn't the government work for us any longer?

Anything other than what we have is a step in the right direction. Looks like the Republicans want to keep it the same and not support historic allies either. I guess if they know better than to shut down the government completly in an election year, working against American interests one bill at a time for the next 10 months is all that can be expected, until after the new House is seated.

 

[berg80]

A bill spending more money on war and foreign countries was written to fail and can not be called a border bill.

The Democrats misuse of words and changing the definition is a tool in the bag of tyranny

If passed in its current form, the Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act would be the most sweeping immigration bill of the twenty-first century. It would overhaul the process for seeking asylum in the United States—and impose an “emergency authority” that would leave asylum fully out of reach for those crossing between ports of entry for much of the next three years. It would attempt to address issues like work permits and years-long waits for asylum seekers, and also raise the initial standard a person must pass in order to access our asylum system. It would expand additional visas and future green card availability and offer a pathway to citizenship to Afghans, while also significantly increasing detention capacity. It is a mixed bag.
Overall, the bill represents a serious attempt to acknowledge, and solve, some of the key problems with current border and asylum policy, and to address the federal government’s failure to manage migration in a way that supports American communities and respects humanitarian needs. In particular, it aims to reduce the frequency with which people wait years for a final outcome on their asylum case. However, its positive steps in this direction are smothered by a new “emergency authority” that repeats mistakes made by the Trump and Biden administrations: making protection much less available for those in need, while failing to send a clear message to future arrivals.

 

[Meister]

So........you're one of those folks who throws shit on the wall without knowing what you're talking about. Imagine my surprise.

An Analysis of the Senate Border Bill

If passed in its current form, the 2024 Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act would be the most sweeping immigration bill of the twenty-first century

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

And yet, it still allows the illegals to cross the border.

 

[Concerned American]

So........you're one of those folks who throws shit on the wall without knowing what you're talking about. Imagine my surprise.

Excuse me? I believe you are the OP of this thread. The only shit on the wall is that which you threw. Sorry, you can't handle it when you receive your come uppance.

 

[Meister]

Anything other than what we have is a step in the right direction. Looks like the Republicans want to keep it the same and not support historic allies either. I guess if they know better than to shut down the government completly in an election year, working against American interests one bill at a time for the next 10 months is all that can be expected, until after the new House is seated.

My view on this, White, is that if the wrong Bill is passed, it could lead to an impossible or near impossible fix down the road because of this Bill's language.
Get the right Bill passed the first time, and button down all the details to make it work right.

 

[JoeB131]

Be honest, the first immigration Bill that was killed, really didn't address the border ISSUE.
Stop illegal immigration....not just hamper it a bit.

Not really possible. As long as you have people on our side of the border who need the services provided by people on their side of the border, they will keep coming.

 

[cnm]

House Repubs' message is crystal clear

'The LOTUS must have the benefit of any progress on the border fauxtrage.'

 

[cnm]

And yet, it still allows the illegals to cross the border.

That asylum thing. The US has ratified the UN 1967 Protocol to the 1951 Geneva Convention so it is the supreme law of the land.

Good, isn't it?

 

[Clipper]

Using your logic, that means that Soros is pulling Biden's strings. Thanks for the confirmation.

Another lie. Thanks for playing.

 

[White 6]

My view on this, White, is that if the wrong Bill is passed, it could lead to an impossible or near impossible fix down the road because of this Bill's language.
Get the right Bill passed the first time, and button down all the details to make it work right.

I fail to see how anything could be worse than the situation Joe created. A bill that gets discussed, can be made to work, if they will work on it, but much easier to just say, hell no, it's and election years, we haven't done sht, so no need to start now, if Donny does not want us to.