Posted on 12/09/2023 4:38:01 PM PST by Mariner
WASHINGTON (AP) — A deal to provide further U.S. assistance to Ukraine by year-end appears to be increasingly out of reach for President Joe Biden. The impasse is deepening in Congress despite dire warnings from the White House about the consequences of inaction as Republicans insist on pairing the aid with changes to America's immigration and border policies.
After the Democratic president said this past week he was willing to “make significant compromises on the border,” Republicans quickly revived demands that they had earlier set aside, hardening their positions and attempting to shift the negotiations to the right, according to a person familiar with the talks who was not authorized to publicly discuss them and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The latest proposal, from the lead GOP negotiator, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., came during a meeting with a core group of senators before they left Washington on Thursday afternoon. It could force the White House to consider ideas that many Democrats will seriously oppose, throwing new obstacles in the difficult negotiations.
Biden is facing the prospect of a cornerstone of his foreign policy — repelling Russian President Vladimir Putin from overtaking Ukraine — crumbling as U.S. support for funding the war wanes, especially among Republicans. The White House says a failure to approve more aid by year's end could have catastrophic consequences for Ukraine and its ability to fight.
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So Joe Biden would rather let Ukraine fall than to do something about our borders? Why not do both?
“It is much more important to the Regime to get those millions of replacement people across the border than it is to aid Ukraine.”
This !
The UniParty has given up on Ukraine, and is using Ukraine funding as a poison pill to kill border security.
Not necessarily. Tucker interviewed Trumps military advisor who told him we’d already given Ukraine so many of our weapons, we can’t defend ourselves.
Publicizing that interview and reporting the situation by honest media, if any, should keep public image under control.
Interview is still on Rumble somewhere, I think.
Republicans can’t win with the Party controlling the voting process.
If they do, it sure as hell won't because of Ukraine. 70% of the country couldn't give a hoot about Ukraine. 20% wishes we had never meddled in Ukraine and squashed proposed peace deals. And, the other 10% are neocons and political elite profiting off the war that the masses despise.
Nope. Americans have finally started to comprehend scale of the evil done by the reptiles that rule them. Everything Biden touches turns to sh*t and this won't be any different.
You’re pretty reprehensible.
I doubt you even care about the border.
Kiev, as in “Chicken Kiev”.”
I’m from California and Arizona.
I don’t believe that for a minute.
Blood’s thicker then the mud.
It’s a family affair.
It’s impossible to have an intelligent conversation with the anti Ukraine zealots here.
And I agree with you the media will blame Republicans.
However, the Republicans have an awfully good argument that all Biden has to do is have some control on the border. Democrats will lose on that issue.
The problem is democrats don’t care, they are scumbags. They will lose Europe rather than stop their invasion of our Southern border.
It sure is. From the beginning of this latest round of Eastern European bloodletting Ukraine and Russia are two scorpions in a bottle and not our fight. Two years ago 9 out of 10 Americans had never heard of Ukraine and couldn't have found the place on a map as big as a barn door.
How about funding for hurricane ravaged Florida?
How about funding for toxic Ohio?
Take care of Americans first with American tax dollars.
Sheep in wolves clothing.
Reprehensible?
For what? Having the winning argument in the arena of ideas?
Up your game.
The Swamp would rather keep the flow of illegal voters and drugs (campaign donations) going than to save the Ukrainian money laundry.
Tells where their main income is plus there’s plenty of laundries out there. One just opened in Guyana.
Up my game against an idiot who doesn’t see the threat from Hamas, Iran, Chicom and N Korea - supporting Putin?
Not even close.
I’m more concerned about the headline editor than ukraine.
Great news! Thx!
The dems are in the pay of the cartels and chicoms, who are helping them take over the country.
They will NEVER tighten the border and Trump better actually deport these millions of illegals.
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