‘This Is A Stunt’: Sen­ate Rejects Bor­der Secu­ri­ty Bill — Again

‘This Is A Stunt’: Senate Rejects Border Security Bill — Again

On Thurs­day, the Demo­c­rat-con­trolled Sen­ate once again reject­ed a bor­der secu­ri­ty bill that failed to pass ear­li­er this year.
“The Bor­der Act,” which got blocked in Feb­ru­ary when linked to for­eign aid, failed to meet the 60-vote thresh­old as a stand­alone mea­sure to have the upper cham­ber invoke clo­ture and pro­ceed with con­sid­er­a­tion.
Fifty mem­bers vot­ed against advanc­ing the bill, while only 43 mem­bers vot­ed in favor of mov­ing for­ward with the leg­is­la­tion, which Sen­ate Leader Chuck Schumer (D‑NY) res­ur­rect­ed in the past week.
One of the mem­bers who spent months help­ing to craft the bill, Sen. James …