Comment by unethical_ban
1 year ago
Our country is falling apart because of the current level of congressional ineptitude. One party refuses to support important legislation they specifically asked for because it may give the opposition party a positive news article.
Wishing the Congress had to study and pass legislation for all enforcement and regulation of society is tantamount to accelerationism.
The border bill was not what the GOP was asking for. It was a compromise and not enough of one to get the deal done with the most fringe of that party.
We are a divided house.
It is quite literally what the GOP asked for not even 12 weeks ago (Dec 6, 2023):
> Republicans on Wednesday blocked an emergency spending bill to fund the war in Ukraine, demanding strict new border restrictions in exchange and severely jeopardizing President Biden’s push to replenish the war chests of American allies before the end of the year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/us/politics/senate-ukrain...
The Democrats said okay. Senators Sinema, Lankford (literally the 2nd most conservative senator according to his own congressional page), and Murphy spent the last couple months negotiating a new bill.
Trump then tanked it saying it would help Biden:
> Republican front-runner Donald Trump said he wants to be held responsible for blocking a bipartisan border security bill in the works in the Senate as President Biden seeks emergency authority to rein in a record surge of unauthorized border crossings.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/27/trump-bor...
Now the GOP house refuses to bring the bill to the floor:
> House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson declared it "dead on arrival" if it reaches his chamber.
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/04/1226427234/senate-border-deal...
We were a divided government when McConnell was Senate majority leader and Pelosi was House majority leader and still able to pass legislation.
What we have now is a House run by clowns.
See also the 2013 comprehensive immigration reform debacle:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Security,_Economic_Oppo...
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