Senate Border Deal in Peril Amid Mounting GOP Resistance

Growing Senate Republican opposition puts the bill in doubt ahead of a key procedural vote on Wednesday.
Senate Border Deal in Peril Amid Mounting GOP Resistance
The U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 10, 2024. Samuel Corum/Getty Images
Joseph Lord
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Less than 24 hours after the unveiling of the Senate border-Ukraine package, the deal appears to be on life support amid growing opposition from both Senate and House Republicans.

The details of the package, itself the culmination of months of behind-the-scenes wrangling between Senate Republicans and Democrats, were finally made public the evening of Feb. 4.