As Graham raged on, Sinema tried for another question, which he ignored. “For those of you who want to help Ukraine, you’ve made it harder. We’re going to lose a handful of Republican votes over here, because they felt they were shut out in the debate about how to secure the border.”That’s why I voted ‘no,’ because I didn’t see any willingness in my. It proved to be correct because now the Republican leadership has joined with a. Democratic leadership to shut down debate on the border bill, throwing a few amendments on the Ukraine bill and saying, aren’t you happy now? No, I am not happy. I am not happy. I made it that I wanted to secure the border before I helped Ukraine. Everything you say about Ukraine is right. I was not kidding. To our colleagues in the House, we’ve done a half-assed job here trying to secure the border.
We shut this thing down unlike any other time I’ve been involved in immigration. I’ve taken a lot of hard votes. You’ve taken a lot of hard. I know, you’ve been kicked around. I understand it, Senator Lankford. I admire the hell out of him. I thought you produced a pretty good product and a really good product in some areas, but it wasn’t enough.
You’ve seen some conservatives in this very thread do the same thing.Vote to Block bipartisan border bill the Border Patrol pleaded to be passed and implemented immediately
Then go on Fox News the following week and make this claim
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Republicans aim to take a second swing at Mayorkas impeachment reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will try again on Tuesday to impeach Democratic President Joe Biden's top border official, a week after their first attempt ended in a humiliating legislative defeat for Republican Speaker Mike Johnson.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stands accused by House Republicans of failing to stem record flows of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border, in what Donald Trump views as a top issue in his campaign to unseat Biden in the November presidential election.
Mayorkas has said he does not bear responsibility for the border situation, blaming it instead on a broken U.S. immigration system that Congress has not been able to fix.
His department rejected Republican claims in a statement on Tuesday that described the Republican impeachment effort as an unconstitutional and baseless "stunt" that will only waste time that could be devoted to fixing the border.
Those claims have not dissuaded Republicans from moving forward.
"We will have our full membership back. We will vote on Mayorkas impeachment. It will pass the House," Republican Representative Byron Donalds said on the social media platform "X."
But in a narrowly divided chamber, where Republicans hold a slim 219-212 majority, partisan success is still not guaranteed.
Republicans failed to impeach Mayorkas last week in a 214-216 vote, after three party members opposed passage and a fourth changed his vote to "no" to break a tie and ensure that the measure could be brought up again under parliamentary rules.
House Republican leaders now hope they can succeed by at least one vote, with the return of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise this week from cancer treatments.
But the party could suffer other absences as a major winter storm moves up the East Coast, potentially leading to a delay.
Should Tuesday's vote be delayed, Republicans could face further complications if Democrat Tom Suozzi wins a special congressional election in New York on Tuesday night, and enters Congress in time to compensate for Scalise's vote.
If an impeachment vote does succeed, the measure would go on to the Democratic-led Senate where it is unlikely to move forward.
Tuesday's vote comes a week after hardline Republicans in the Senate defeated a bipartisan deal to address border security that would have marked an improvement over current law, according to its supporters, including Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.
The bill's defeat helps keep the border issue alive as a campaign issue for Trump, the dominant Republican White House candidate.
Trump was twice impeached by the House, when Democrats held the majority, and was twice acquitted by the Senate, which was in Republican hands.
House Republicans are currently investigating whether any of Biden's past behavior before moving into the White House might have constituted a high crime or misdemeanor that could result in impeachment. Some Republicans have said they do not see such evidence yet.
Jeffries: There are more than 300 bipartisan votes in the House to pass the National Security bill today. It’s not too much to ask that we get a vote and actually let the House work its will as opposed to allowing Trump to work his will and block our National Security priorities pic.twitter.com/hiH88vtS6K
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 13, 2024
Reporter: Suozzi seized on the fact that you rejected the bipartisan border security deal. Did you mishandle this issue and effectively give Democrats something to campaign on?
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 14, 2024
Johnson: No, not at all. The American people are with us pic.twitter.com/urGq4iEbuW
Fox News Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume criticizes Republicans for killing “The strongest border protection bill that I’ve seen in my time in Washington”:
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) February 15, 2024
“I think these are a couple of issues that put Republicans in peril of looking like literally a do-nothing Congress” pic.twitter.com/zHmAnVGHTL
I think most of the GOP wants a do nothing congress. If any legislation might in any way help a democrat anywhere down the line, it's not worth it. The primary goal is liberal tears. Other stuff is just noise.Fox News Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume criticizes Republicans for killing “The strongest border protection bill that I’ve seen in my time in Washington”:
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) February 15, 2024
“I think these are a couple of issues that put Republicans in peril of looking like literally a do-nothing Congress” pic.twitter.com/zHmAnVGHTL