Schumer promises vote on the border security-Ukraine aid deal next week https://www.politico.com/live-update...order-00139118
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate will vote next week on the national security supplemental bill, which includes a bipartisan deal on border and immigration restrictions. Schumer said the text of the agreement will be made public as soon as Friday or as late as Sunday. He plans to set up a vote on the legislation next week that will occur no later than Wednesday. “That will give members plenty of time to read the bill before voting on it,” Schumer said on the floor Thursday afternoon.
Republicans had demanded that border policy changes be tied to the supplemental in exchange for further aid to Ukraine.
The package includes aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, in addition to border security funding and additional money for implementing the new policies in the bill. Those include new mandatory border shutdown authority if daily crossings go above 5,000 people a day, asylum reforms, expedited processing and ending the catch and release of migrants.
Negotiations over those border policy changes delayed bill text for months — and recently, key negotiators on the deal said they were waiting on the Senate Appropriations Committee's assessment of what the policy changes would cost. Many members have stressed they want adequate time to review and socialize the bill text once it is released
Lead Republican negotiator Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Thursday said “there are people that have requested three days and there are people that have requested three weeks.”
“So we don't know how many days we need,” he told reporters. “But the typical 72 hours has been talked about a lot.”
It’s not yet clear whether Senate leadership will allow amendments on the package, which could significantly delay a final vote. It is also still unclear whether House Speaker Mike Johnson will put the supplemental to a vote on the House floor if it passes the Senate.
“I would just ask that folks consider reading the text before deciding what the text does or doesn't do," said Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.). "I think we're going to get this done."
Republicans had demanded that border policy changes be tied to the supplemental in exchange for further aid to Ukraine.
The package includes aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, in addition to border security funding and additional money for implementing the new policies in the bill. Those include new mandatory border shutdown authority if daily crossings go above 5,000 people a day, asylum reforms, expedited processing and ending the catch and release of migrants.
Negotiations over those border policy changes delayed bill text for months — and recently, key negotiators on the deal said they were waiting on the Senate Appropriations Committee's assessment of what the policy changes would cost. Many members have stressed they want adequate time to review and socialize the bill text once it is released
Lead Republican negotiator Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Thursday said “there are people that have requested three days and there are people that have requested three weeks.”
“So we don't know how many days we need,” he told reporters. “But the typical 72 hours has been talked about a lot.”
It’s not yet clear whether Senate leadership will allow amendments on the package, which could significantly delay a final vote. It is also still unclear whether House Speaker Mike Johnson will put the supplemental to a vote on the House floor if it passes the Senate.
“I would just ask that folks consider reading the text before deciding what the text does or doesn't do," said Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.). "I think we're going to get this done."
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