Schumer-backed border bill fails a second time with even less Dem support
Politics,Polarization,US Senate,Immigration,Border,Chuck Schumer,Democratic Party,Republican Party,Bipartisanship,Donald Trump
The Senate failed to advance a border bill backed by some Democrats and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Thursday, seeing the measure garner less support than it did in February when it was first considered.
By a vote of 43-50, senators chose not to advance the bill, which was negotiated in a bipartisan nature by Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and James Lankford, R-Okla.
Both Lankford and Sinema sided against their own legislation, a departure from their previous votes.
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