Senate Republicans Poised to Block Border Deal Ahead of Key Vote

Senate Republicans are on track to halt a bipartisan border deal ahead of a key vote. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced the inevitable on Feb. 6: The bipartisan border and immigration agreement is dead in the Senate. “We have no real chance to make a law,” he told reporters following the weekly caucus luncheons. A vote to begin debate on the bill—a $118 billion supplemental bill that also includes a wide array of national security expenses, including funding for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan—is scheduled for Feb. 7.  A minimum of 60 senators are needed for the vote to succeed. According to a whip list compiled by The Hill, at least 19 Republicans have publicly opposed the deal, along with two Democrats....