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Senate Republicans are threatening to block a major bipartisan border security and immigration bill they had negotiated. The threat comes just one day after their lead negotiator approved the bill text on Sunday. GOP senators say they need more time to discuss amendments, and the cloture vote on Wednesday is too soon.
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00:00 It's Benzinga and here's what's on the block.
00:02 Senate Republicans are threatening to block a major bipartisan border security and immigration
00:06 bill they had negotiated. The threat comes just one day after the lead negotiator approved the
00:10 bill text on Sunday. GOP senators say they need more time to discuss amendments and the cloture
00:15 vote on Wednesday is too soon. Democrats are stunned, saying Republicans demanded the policy
00:19 changes and got them but are now killing the bill. Donald Trump has pressured Republicans to sink
00:23 the deal, seeing immigration as a political issue for 2024. The bill includes provisions on border
00:28 security, Ukraine aid, and assistance for Israel. Failure of the cloture vote would effectively
00:33 kill the bill for now by preventing forward debate. For all things money visit Benzinga.com
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