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Sun May 19, 2024, 10:11 PM May 19

Schumer announces Senate to vote this week on previously blocked bipartisan border bill

Source: CNN

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, attempting to put political pressure on Republicans, announced Sunday that the chamber will vote this week on a long-negotiated bipartisan border bill that Republicans blocked earlier this year.

The New York Democrat called the legislation “a tough, serious-minded, and – critically, bipartisan – proposal to secure our border” in a “Dear Colleague” letter.

The initial package, which included tough border provisions and foreign aid to US allies, was blocked in February by the Senate amid a torrent of attacks by top House Republicans and former President Donald Trump, who is making the border a central campaign issue in his race for the White House. The Senate passed a separate foreign aid package last month.

“Back in January, the former President urged Congressional Republicans to kill the bipartisan bill, telling the world proudly to ‘blame it on me.’ The American people do not have the luxury of playing partisan blame games. They want bipartisan action to secure our border,” Schumer said in the letter, which did not specify when the bill would be taken up.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/19/politics/senate-bipartisan-border-bill-vote-schumer/index.html
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Schumer announces Senate to vote this week on previously blocked bipartisan border bill (Original Post) brooklynite May 19 OP
Good Luck!! Cha May 19 #1
But will Sinema give us a happy ending...or another schlocky melodrama? peppertree May 19 #2
That is an interesting turn of events. CaliforniaPeggy May 19 #3
Will Trump announce to world that Republicans are to say NO!!? riversedge May 19 #4
bring it up EVERY week til the election nt msongs May 19 #5
When GOP senators vote against it IronLionZion May 19 #6
K & R nt sl8 May 20 #7
make them vote no on the record. bazinga! ZonkerHarris May 20 #8
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