Democrats are ramping up their rhetoric on the border Republican opposition to their bill to address it ahead of the 2024 elections.
Democrats are reminding voters often of Republican opposition to a Senate bill designed to be a compromise on border security, accusing their counterparts of 'exploiting' the crisis at the southern border rather than legislating. Democrats in the upper chamber have continued to espouse their support for a border security bill that was negotiated in a bipartisan fashion but was shot down in a test vote by Republicans in February for not being strong enough.
However, the bill that already passed in the House was never taken up by Schumer. Upon the release of the text for the negotiated Senate border bill, Schumer said in a statement, 'Many on the hard-right wanted to hijack this process by demanding we take up H.R. 2, but I made clear the only bill I would bring to the floor was one that could win bipartisan support.' 'Not a single Democrat in the House or Senate voted for H.R. 2,' he said. In February, Sen.
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