Posted on 04/06/2022 3:47:58 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A compromise $10 billion measure buttressing the government’s COVID-19 defenses stalled in the Senate Wednesday and seemed all but certainly sidetracked for weeks, victim of a campaign-season fight over the incendiary issue of immigration.
Republicans were demanding that Democrats allow a vote on an amendment preserving immigration curbs imposed by President Donald Trump that the Biden administration is slated to end on May 23.
A vote on extending the immigration restrictions would expose Democratic senators, especially those facing tight reelections in November, to dangerous fissures. Liberal immigration advocates want Biden to erase the curbs, but doing that is expected to prompt an explosion of migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico that could trigger a voter backlash.
Among Democrats who favor retaining the immigration restrictions for now is Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, who is facing reelection. He and several others cite a need for federal officials to gear up staffing and facilities to handle the expected influx of migrants.
“I have not seen a plan for how the administration will deal with what I think is a pretty predictable surge on the border,” he said Wednesday in a brief interview.
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Trying to figure out why we need “Covid 19 defenses” when it has been over a year since we quit wearing masks. At least those of us in FL.
Oh no! Sounds like some RINOS have (maybe) finally grown some balls. But are they made of brass? Stay tuned.
He and several others cite a need for federal officials to gear up staffing and facilities to handle the expected influx of migrants.
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They are arguing over how to accommodate illegal aliens, no discussion of stopping them.
why the eff are we spending more on covid when its been over?
Among other things like Ukraine and the Biden’s, Burisma, Clinton’s State Department and the “Green New Deal” - Covid spending s money laundering and back door reparations - - it can’t stop. The Elites are like common dope fiends on the street. Money for nothing, child sex trafficking and pedophilia are their drugs of choice.
Enabling millions of illegal aliens to invade the USA costs a lot of money.
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