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Joan E Greve in Washington

Senate blocks bipartisan $118bn bill on US-Mexico border and Ukraine

Older man with glasses and suit gestures as he speaks in high-vaulted yellow and white hallway.
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer at the US Capitol in Washington on 6 February 2024. Photograph: José Luis Magaña/AP

The Senate blocked a bipartisan border and national security bill from advancing on Wednesday, as Democrats accused Republicans of bending to the political wishes of Donald Trump at the expense of their constituents.

The vote was 49 to 50, with 45 Democrats and four Republicans supporting the bill’s advancement. Sixty votes were needed to begin debate on the bill.

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