27 November 2023

November 2023 Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker. By MATT WUERKER 11/10/2023 12:38 PM EST

 

Political cartoon

Political cartoon

Political cartoon


CONGRESS

Senate nears vote on Biden’s Ukraine request

The announcement of a vote the first week of December puts pressure on lawmakers to come up with a border security deal that can pair with assistance for U.S. allies.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conference.

“This has injected a decades old, hyper-partisan issue into overwhelmingly bipartisan priorities,” Schumer said in a Dear Colleague letter to senators. The Democratic leader said his 51-member caucus was “ready to work on common-sense solutions to address immigration” but warned that if the GOP took too hard a line, it could “jeopardize the entire” supplemental bill.

He also urged Democrats to engage more with Republicans to try to cut a deal, something he also tried to do right before the Thanksgiving recess. He warned of long nights and days ahead, as well as possible weekend work.

A bipartisan gang formed several weeks ago with hopes of clinching a deal that would marry Biden’s request for more than $100 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the border with changes to U.S. asylum and parole policy.

>

No comments: