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The large number of migrants claiming asylum has been a weak point for Biden in polling, and Republicans say his new move is too little, too late.
Democrats criticized the GOP for walking away from a chance to fix the border, something they have been calling an urgent crisis for years.
"Everyone knew what was in that bill," the Oklahoma Republican said of the legislation on Ukraine and the U.S. border that failed in the Senate.
Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina received a friendly reminder about who was actually president in 2018.
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Tennessee's Paul Faye was arrested after allegedly trying to plan a violent attack against federal agents with militia groups from multiple states.
They dont have the backbone, the guts, the spine to resist the blandishments of Trump even when they know hes wrong," Sen. Chuck Schumer said.
James Lankford of Oklahoma ripped his fellow Republicans for putting politics ahead of an issue they profess to care so much about.
Biden said he would use a new emergency authority to handle the border if lawmakers could come together to pass the compromise bill.
"Governor Greg Abbott is using the Texas National Guard to obstruct and create chaos at the border," Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) said of the border standoff.
President Joe Biden said he's willing to make "significant compromises" on the border, adding: "We need to fix the broken border system."