Border

The bipartisan border bill that failed to pass in the house by a vote of 215 to 199 including five democrats who voted against the bill. It also failed a procedural vote 43 to 50 in the senate. The democrats say the bill failed because Trump was against it and wanted to keep the border as a campaign issue. The bill had some parts that were pro Trump like the border wall and remain in Mexico but it had other parts that were unpopular. It allowed up to 5,000 border encounters per day at which time the border would be closed. This would be difficult to monitor since encounters occur at various locations between the 192 legal entry points. The bill infers that the border could be opened and closed with ease when closing the border has proven to be quite difficult. This is once again in the news because VP Harris has promised to bring back this bill.