One day after Republicans blocked the Senate from taking up a war funding package, senators resumed bipartisan talks aimed at reaching a border security compromise that’s critical to winning GOP support for Ukraine aid.
A meeting between Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma and Democrat Christopher S. Murphy of Connecticut produced no breakthrough in the partisan standoff that has derailed a $110.5 billion package for Ukraine, Israel, the Indo-Pacific and more. But Republicans made a new offer on border policy Thursday and the bipartisan group agreed to keep talking through the weekend.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who is involved in the talks, stressed that the plan presented Thursday was not a detailed proposal and more discussion would be required before any agreement could be reached.
