Schumer announces border deal vote for next week

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday announced that the upper chamber would hold a vote on a bill to fund Ukraine and bolster border security next week, indicating the legislation would become public over the weekend.

Senate lawmakers have for weeks been working on a legislative package to pair funding for Kyiv to fend off the Russian invasion with border security measures to help the nation contend with an unprecedented surge in illegal border crossings.

"I plan to file cloture on the motion to proceed to the vehicle by Monday, leading to the first vote on the national security supplemental no later than Wednesday," he said, according to The Hill.

"I want members to be aware that we plan to post the full text of the national security supplemental as early as tomorrow, no later than Sunday," Schumer also said.

Details of the plan are not yet clear, though leaks of the alleged terms have drawn the ire of conservative Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has suggested that the reported reforms are insufficient to secure the border.

"I hope some of this is not true, but from what we've seen, clearly, what's been suggested, is in this bill, is not enough to secure the border... We have a responsibility of duty to the American people to insist that the border catastrophe is ended," he said on Tuesday. "And just trying to whitewash that or do something for political purposes, that it appears that [package] may be, is not going to cut it and that’s a non-starter in the House."

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