With Aid to Ukraine On the Line, Biden Signals Readiness To Make Deal on Border

Yet in a House that is so closely divided that the most conservative faction can make or break a bill, the compromise will be hard sledding.

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President Biden walks along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas. AP/Andrew Harnik, file

President Biden appears to be inching closer to a deal on the southern border as the emergency spending bill to provide billions of dollars in new security assistance for Ukraine and Israel was blocked in the Senate on Wednesday.

As Senate Republicans blocked the advance of tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance for Ukraine Wednesday, President Biden berated their tactics as “stunning” and dangerous. Yet he also signaled an openness to what GOP lawmakers ultimately want — tougher action on the border.

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