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Border security deal close to being reached in ongoing negotiations

Senate negotiations on a border security deal continue, with optimism that a legislation could be unveiled soon. Progress has been made, but challenges remain.

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Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump rallies opposition

Senators are closing in on a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration. But vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump is threatening to topple the compromise.

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Biden meeting doesn’t change contours of debate over Ukraine, border - Roll Call

President Joe Biden met with House and Senate leaders to press for aid to Ukraine, but GOP pressure for tougher border policies remain.

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Unfinished 2023 business dominates start of 2024 session - Roll Call

At the start of a presidential election year with both chambers in play, Congress and the White House are dealing with leftovers from 2023.

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Border, supplemental aid deal looks likely to slip to January - Roll Call

Senators returned to town Monday with little hope of passing a war funding and border package before they adjourn for the Christmas recess.

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Senate Delays Recess to Continue Working Towards Immigration Deals Amid Signs of Optimism

"Negotiations on a path forward to getting the national security supplemental done have made good progress," said Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

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Biden willing to 'compromise' on US border policy as Senate Republicans block Ukraine aid

As Senate Republicans blocked the advance of tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance for Ukraine Wednesday, President Joe Biden berated their tactics as “stunning" and dangerous. Yet he also signaled an openness to what GOP lawmakers ultimately want: border policy changes.

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Senate fails to advance Ukraine aid despite dire warnings from Biden

Republicans blocked a procedural vote on a national security funding bill over demands for additional border security measures.

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US ‘out of money’ for Ukraine: six things to know about the aid standoff

White House urges Congress to approve extra funding for war against Russia – but hard-right wing of the party is holding out

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Speaker Johnson navigates 'mission impossible' to avoid shutdown, without clear plan

Congress has a week to avoid a government shutdown. But the new speaker is facing familiar GOP divisions trying to pass his party's own spending bills and still hasn't decided on a short term bill.

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Beer industry enters fray in battle over rum tax benefits - Roll Call

The squabble between beer brewers and liquor distillers is putting some new heat on the “rum cover-over.”

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Illegal immigration thrives despite deaths and hardships

As many as 45,000 Indians who have been apprehended while trying to sneak into the USA via southern border have told the US authorities that “they have fear in their country”

The Hindu

Johnson offers way out of Senate appropriations impasse - Roll Call

Senate Republicans have identified a potential breakthrough to resolve a hold on the chamber’s three-bill appropriations package.

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Dobbs anniversary finds Democrats still on offense on abortion policy

Democrats going into 2024 elections see abortion as a winning issue, while some Republicans are pushing for a national ban.

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Senate stalled on latest ‘Dreamers’ proposal ahead of court hearing - Roll Call

Congress appears no closer to passing a bill to protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children.

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Title 42 Ends As Congress Calls For Border Security Where Migrants Are Coming From Mexico

The Biden Administration has come under fire for letting boarder crossers in as they try to claim for asylum in the United States.

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House-passed border bill may spark bipartisan immigration talks - Roll Call

House Republicans passed a sweeping border security package Thursday that lawmakers said could spark bipartisan negotiations on immigration.

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Labor union challenges constitutionality of debt limit law - Roll Call

As the nation approaches its borrowing limit, a federal worker labor union has filed a lawsuit to challenge a law that caps government debt.

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Biden administration threatens veto on GOP border security bill - Roll Call

The White House announced President Joe Biden would veto a Republican-led border security package if it passed Congress.

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Supreme Court to hear arguments on workplace religious protections - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could expand religious protections for workers under a law changed in 1972.

Salon

Graham hit with ethics admonishment

The Senate Ethics Committee scolded Graham for harming "public trust and confidence in the United States Senate"

Axios

Sen. Lindsey Graham admonished in rare move by Senate ethics panel

"It was a mistake. I take responsibility. I will try to do better in the future," Graham said.

WEKU

Congress takes reins of prayer breakfast from secretive Christian evangelical group

Lawmakers have taken more control of the National Prayer Breakfast from the group that ran it for seven decades after concerns rose over influence peddling and attendees, including a Russian spy.

Tribune News Service

Senators fight partisan headwinds in pursuit of immigration deal

WASHINGTON — When Sen. Thom Tillis returned to Washington this month from a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border with a bipartisan group of eight senators, the North Carolina Republican was quickly reminded of just how difficult it would be to craft a broad immigration agreement.

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Senators fight partisan headwinds in pursuit of immigration deal - Roll Call

Senators from both sides of the aisle discussed their search for a path forward to resuscitate bipartisan immigration efforts.

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