The Senate appeared to be on the verge of going home for the holidays without passing an emergency war funding package, as Republicans warned more time is required to reach a bipartisan compromise on border restrictions and draft the complex legislation needed to implement it.
Negotiators from both parties said Wednesday that a White House proposal to curb the flow of migrants at the southern border laid the groundwork for a potential deal that would unlock GOP support for a new round of aid to Ukraine as it seeks to repel a Russian invasion.
But the 11th-hour proposal left Democrats pleading for Republicans to cut short the winter break and stay in town next week to get a supplemental spending bill passed.
