What the death of America’s border bill says about toxic congressional politics
Republicans opt for theatre instead of governance
THE LIFE of the Senate’s bill to increase border security in exchange for sending aid to Ukraine was wretched and short. Its three main negotiators released the text on Sunday. On Monday it had the support of Mitch McConnell, the chamber’s top Republican. By Tuesday it was dead. “It looks to me, and to most of our members, as if we have no real chance here to make a law,” Mr McConnell conceded.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Deliberative or disgraced?”
United States February 10th 2024
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