Breaking: Senate Republicans Will Block Border Bill from Proceeding – Report

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Senate Republicans will vote against the proposed border bill proceeding to a floor vote, according to a news report.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed a cloture motion Monday on the legislation, which includes funding for Ukraine and Israel. That motion sets up a potential vote on Wednesday.

However, “In a dramatic turnaround, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell recommended to GOP senators in a closed-door meeting that they vote against the first procedural vote Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the meeting who were not authorized to talk publicly about it and spoke anonymously,” The Associated Press reported.

Senate Majority Whip John Thune of South Dakota said Tuesday it was “unlikely” that his Republican colleagues will vote to proceed.

“I think it’s unlikely because I just think our members are still — they want more time to evaluate it,” he said, according to The Hill.

“My intention is to, at least on the motion to proceed, to vote where I think most of our conference is going to be, which is ‘no,’” he added.

Even GOP Sen. James Lankford, who helped negotiate the deal and has taken plenty of heat from the right for doing it, said on Monday that he does not know whether he will vote to proceed, according to The Hill.

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