Hopefully he holds the line, because it should be DOA.
The bill includes $60.06 billion to support Ukraine in its war with Russia, $14.1 billion in security assistance for Israel, $20.23 billion for border security, $2.44 billion to US Central Command and the conflict in the Red Sea, and $4.83 billion to support US partners in the Indo-Pacific facing Chinese aggression. An additional $10 billion would go toward humanitarian assistance for populations in Gaza, the West Bank, and Ukraine.
Less than 20% of the money has anything to do with the border.
Plus, the whole bit about how it's only an emergency if you have >35000 ENCOUNTERED illegal crossings in a week, or >8500 ENCOUNTERED illegal crossings in one day. Ignoring the fact that both of those numbers are too high by two orders of magnitude, you know a very easy way to ensure you have less than those numbers? Telling the border patrol to stand down when they get to around 2/3 of that number. "Sure, we went for a five hour lunch today starting at 10:30, but we only encountered 3000 border crossers. Everything is fine"
Good news is GOP House Speaker says the bill is DOA in the House and won't be put up for a vote.
Hopefully he holds the line, because it should be DOA.
Less than 20% of the money has anything to do with the border.
Plus, the whole bit about how it's only an emergency if you have >35000 ENCOUNTERED illegal crossings in a week, or >8500 ENCOUNTERED illegal crossings in one day. Ignoring the fact that both of those numbers are too high by two orders of magnitude, you know a very easy way to ensure you have less than those numbers? Telling the border patrol to stand down when they get to around 2/3 of that number. "Sure, we went for a five hour lunch today starting at 10:30, but we only encountered 3000 border crossers. Everything is fine"
Also removes all related court cases to a court in Washington D.C.
Seems the Biden administration got tired of states having a say in how they're abused by your Federal government.
That part I didn't hear. Just yet another reason to kill the thing. Poison pill is an understatement.