A Republican-led effort to pass another border security bill failed on Saturday shortly before the House is expected to pass $95 billion in foreign aid funding.
The bill, which failed 215 to 199, contained many components of the conservative H.R. 2 border bill, which has not been touched by the Democrat-led Senate since it passed in May 2023.
The failed measure proposed immediate construction of a border wall, asylum restrictions and the reinstatement of Donald Trump‘s Remain in Mexico policy, which Democrats despise.
The bill was considered to be an olive branch to conservative hardliners who said they would not back Speaker Johnson’s $95 billion foreign aid measure if it did not include border security additions.
Dismissing their request, Johnson did not include border security in the foreign aid bills Saturday and instead brought the measure up on a separate vote.
He’s now facing a growing number of threats to his job for doing just that.
Read the full story in the Daily Mail.
