Thursday’s failed vote on a bipartisan border bill made one thing clear: Six months out from the election, senators are fully in campaign mode. Let the finger-pointing take over.
“I think it’s just a political stunt,” Republican Sen. Mike Braun told NOTUS about Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer bringing the bill to the floor a second time. “We’re not here very often, and the Democrats got more at risk probably this round.”
The bill failed 43 to 50 in a procedural vote — garnering less support than when it was first brought to the floor in February. All five vulnerable Democrats voted yes on advancing this week’s bill, even as at least three others in their party changed their minds since the bill was detached from Ukraine funding this time around.