Exactly how bad is the “bipartisan” legislation, which should be called, ‘the border insecurity in exchange for Ukraine money act’? The bill is so bad, and makes things so much worse, that James Lankford may end up voting against his own legislative creation.
Making matters worse, Mitch McConnell is now pretending the entire fiasco wasn’t his idea, further leaving James Lankford out to dry on his own.
(Politico) – […] Several members of GOP leadership came out against the legislation in the past 24 hours, further boxing in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. The Kentucky Republican, who supports the agreement linking border policy changes with aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, called Monday’s meeting an “interesting discussion.”
Inside the room, McConnell told Republicans that if they didn’t like the direction that the bill is going, they should vote against moving forward this week, according to two people briefed on the meeting who were granted anonymity to speak candidly.
According to two attendees, McConnell did not forcefully whip for or against the bill. He instead discussed the specific policies and politics of the legislation, which is opposed by Speaker Mike Johnson and former President Donald Trump.
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), who struck the deal, even suggested he might vote against moving forward if his colleagues weren’t ready to move.“That’s not voting against the bill,” Lankford said of voting to filibuster the bill from coming to the floor. “So that’s not the final passage. That’s the beginning point.” (read more)
Clown world!
🤡🤡🤡🌎🌎🌎🌎
Mitch simply forgot to put enough pork into the bill for it to pass.
He will add more pork until the bill passes.
In other words the bill isn’t bad enough yet to pass.
Lankford with his best John Kerry imitation:
‘I was for it before I was against it.’ 🙂
“Some people did some things.”
Let us not forget where our senators stood, not where they retreated to Little Thommy Tillis I will not forget.
Nice job by the two steers (for you city folks, that means a castrated male beeve) from Baja Kansas (OK).
Amy Kremer
@AmyKremer
Updated list of NO votes
𝟏𝟗 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬
Marsha Blackburn (TN)
Mike Braun (IN)
Katie Britt (AL)
Ted Budd (NC)
Tom Cotton (AR)
Ted Cruz (TX)
Steve Daines (MT)
Bill Hagerty (TN)
Josh Hawley (MO)
Ron Johnson (WI)
Mike Lee (UT)
Roger Marshall (KS)
Rand Paul (KY)
Jim Risch (ID)
Marco Rubio (FL)
Eric Schmitt (MO)
Rick Scott (FL)
Tommy Tuberville (AL)
JD Vance (OH)
Where is Joni Ernst R-Iowa, on this bill? Her name is not on the list and she has been quite a disappointment.s
Joni Ernst = John Thune 2.0
Exactly. She must have misplaced her “castration” tools.
LOL!!!!! Nailed it! Oh, please excuse the pun.
Both Senators from Iowa haven’t opposed it yet! Grassley is the other. Iowa uses a lot of illegals, so I suspect that’s why they have been quiet.
Grassley is crrrrap.
So old he has trouble reading what his staff writes for him. It’s really difficult to listen to him struggle these days.
Senator Grassley is letting his State be stolen by the “Climate” pipeline farce. Clinton / Gore did an end around on the Biodiversity Treaty, after the Senate rejections. This in 1994. Hidden in the Treaty, was/is the Wildlands project, to in essence remove most Humanity from the Heartlands ” Food Production ” and allow later assignment to foreign entities.
This is 14 years old, and is the Oregon version provided to the Legislature. Your States probably took this hook, line and sinker as well. The players, and the operation are noted, while slide # 13 is the objective of the “faux” CO2 drama, invented by Maurice Srong ( UN ) and Gore’s theft of Revelle & Suess’s research in the mid. 1960’s.
While the courts divert attention:
In my library I have 40 years worth of evidence of the fraud of “Climate “
SMH. We are so screwed, unless we ignore.
Her head is UP McConnell’s behind.
LOL, if McConnel makes a turn to go down a hallway it will break john cornyn’s neck his head is so far up mcconnel’s behind.
I’ll call her office tomorrow… She’s been terrible since JoeBama took office.
Do it!
you got that right.she’s getting an email from me tonight.
I will call her office tomorrow also.
SHE STANDS UP NEXT TO MITCH and MAKES ME WANT TO THROW UP.
Going forward what we the people of Iowa need to do is to get a die hard MAGA candidate to run against her next time and put her into RETIREMENT!!!
Tim – Send her this as well, as this powerpoint, explains the intent of the CO2 farce ongoing in Iowa. While am from Oregon, this went to the Legislature, the demands on page # 13, are part of a three region divide of the United States- The process is intitled the “Wildlands Project” and this powerpoint is 14 years old. in my library are the UN, and 1994 Treaty abstract and the publications concerning the page objectives. 1100 pages by the way. Sundance may be aware of this, so I provide for all of us while he works other issues. I would be honored to provide to him or staff, all that I have, some 40 – 50 years of research.
She’s the Iowa version of Susan Collins.
Indeed. Placed as is.
Helmet head.. catturd
where is uniparty clown…tim scott……
she’s a maybe and is retired military, very much a warmonger & neocon. Time for a come to Jesus call with Joni’s DC office…
She is rolling in the slop with Kim Reynolds, now that Likki and Casey D have left the state.
Was kind of hoping John Kennedy would give his take on this smoldering pile of crap.
I always enjoy listening to his take on these topics.
he’s also a maybe, currently reviewing all points of the bill… like Ernst and all the other “maybes” it’s time for a Come to Jesus call with their DC offices. A decision on this bill should have taken no greater than 5 minutes!
Looks the NC duo is OK with this crap.
Tillis has always been a Mitch guy. Surprised at Budd
Budd is a No on latest list. Tillis no surprise. I’ve contacted him twice on this bill so far. Will do so again tomorrow. We really need to vote him out when his term is up.
Where’s John Cornyn ?
He might be one of the no’s. But he didn’t have the guts to come out early and say it.
He’s having second thoughts….
i.e. He’s heard from a lot of pissed off Texans.
https://fox2now.com/hill-politics/cornyn-has-serious-concerns-about-senate-border-bill/
It wouldn’t stop him though. I remember his vote on 2A legislation.
I’m sure his “serious concerns” will be addressed once his fellow traitors rejig the bill and hide those pesky details deeper in the footnotes .
He’s a grifting coward and water boy for the Communist Chamber of Commerce…
This ain’t over yet.
Lol
Where are either of the two Louisiana senators?
Tim Scott will join that list soon else he won’t be able to stand behind Trump grinning his fool ass off.
That list is way too short.
No Markwayne Mullin, huh? Well he’s Lankford’s little cuck, so….
Careful, he might challenge you to a fight. Check the Politico piece, he’s in their defending Lankford.
Pathetic. He is a serious disappointment.
Yep, he would lol
Vance didn’t take long to decide, I guess Shelly Moore Capito needs permission to break ranks with the Decepticons.
“Making matters worse, Mitch McConnell is now pretending the entire fiasco wasn’t his idea; further leaving James Lankford out to dry on his own.”
Anyone stupid enough to trust Cocaine Mitch deserves to be hung out to dry, IMHO!!
Bahahahaha!!
Or just hung.
All true about the Turtle, but it’s hard to feel sorry for Lankford for agreeing to honcho this POS legislation in the first place.
This is right on!
Since when do bills originate in the Senate? That’s the House’s job. It’s become all too common and every attempt by the Senate should be ignored with prejudice. They can talk to the social finger.
And part of the bill was to keep paying NGOs to continue their illegal human smuggling.
You can’t make this 💩 up.
Was it also not Langford and a bunch of Senators who went to the border many months ago and wailed about all the fentanyl deaths? Yet this bill has nothing in it about stopping the fentanyl.
There are things in there about fentanyl.
Of all I’ve read, no one is talking about it. Please enlighten.
Here’s Biden describing it:
Further, Congress needs to finally provide the funding I requested in October to secure the border. This includes an additional 1,300 border patrol agents, 375 immigration judges, 1,600 asylum officers, and over 100 cutting-edge inspection machines to help detect and stop fentanyl at our southwest border.
(Because of course lack of money is the reason the federal government is refusing to do its job.)
What is actually in the bill about addition officers:
200 more deportation officers
200 more Border Patrol officers
800 more Asylum officers
200 Border Patrol Agents is a joke. The BP is already below the prior staffing levels by several hundred, if not thousands, of agents.
And adding more agents, at this point, would just increase the daily numbers of processed and released illegals.
Pay Catholic Charities?
For every buck a Catholic NGO gets on illegals, various Baptist NGOS are taking in 7 or 8 bucks.
And the Lutherans, who are a rounding error in most states not named Minnesomalia, are taking in almost as much as the Catholics, who have many more members.
All of them are to blame.
So park your bigotry.
And beat on your representatives, or work to change them.
I need to know how to use the poopoo emoji. 🙂
Type in “crap.”
Success! 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩 But I had to cut and paste.
A man with many talents.😂
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The stinky brown stuff ..
Billions!
And to make sure any legal challenge to the bill could only be heard in a DC court.
Gee, I wonder why that’s in the bill?
Yahoo News saying the Border Patrol Union endorses the Senate immigration deal. LOL. POS McConnell backpedals as fast as he can. LOL
I don’t trust any mainstream news source especially Yahoo .
Yep
They’ve never been mainstream. Only fake news and propaganda since 2000s
I understand there is a 15% raise for every Border Patrol officer. That’s a $20,000 raise every year!
According to what I read in the bill, it is only the ‘Asylum Officers’ that receive an extra 15% in pay, not the Border Patrol officers.
I suspect it’s as with most unions. Leadership aka Marxists approve, members not so much.
The more the employees earn the bigger the pay day for the unions to pass on to the democrats at election time.
Biden can close the border at any point with the laws we already have in place. But he would rather blame Republicans for not passing a border bill as he did today.
“The border, I’ve been asking since the first thing. The first bill introduced was on the border. We don’t have enough agents. We don’t have enough folks…. We need help. Why won’t they give me the help?” Biden said.
Was this before or after he mentioned a recent conversation with a former French President who has been dead for over twenty-five years, during a speech in Nevada?
As he conveniently forgets the EO he signed on his first day in office to let the illegals pour into our country.
Deleted…wrong thread.
What! How can this be?????
The RINOs aren’t going to bend over and take it from “across the aisle”?
This is a “bipartisan” bill!
“This is a “bipartisan” bill.”
Bipartisan or not, it looks like these clowns are slowly starting to realize that they can no longer hide the true intent of their actions by combining their graft into a multi faceted piece of legislation. Nancy’s old “we have to pass it so we can see what’s in it” shtick doesn’t work anymore. We the people can see that the border situation is not a crisis, it’s deliberate action on their part to invite that horde that’s coming in from Mexico. They can see that we the people will no longer stand for their fleecing of our purse to fund their money laundering death machine in the Ukraine. And it looks like they are starting to pay attention to which way the wind is blowing in the election primaries. They see that there’s a red storm coming, and it’s barreling down on them, due to make landfall early this November.
Read the article carefully, they are not saying the bill is dead, they are saying they will try to make some changes to it. They aren’t done with this bill yet, they will still try to force it through.
True, but each passing day is closer to the primary and closer to the general election.
Yes I agree. Just more BS Hegelian Dialectic games, as usual.
Read: “oops…you read it and caught us…never mind”
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
–Old Ben Kenobi
Okay what magic trick happened while everyone was paying attention to this fiasco?
Got exposed to the world for what it is today.
House. There were radical Democrats willing to vote with Republican Majority to insure that it died in the House. There was a lot in it that they did not like. Plus, on the Senate side, almost enough Republicans to remove Mitch as leader were lining up against it with others still not committed. There are senators that actually want to be in the majority and this bill was a clear threat to that.
Lankford (Traitor – OK) : “I had to write the bill before I could vote against it!”
James “Palosi” Paul Lankford (Traitor – OK) : “I had to write the bill before I could vote against it!”
Did I hear or read that right? It’s been 20 years since anyone in Congress wrote a Bill.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2017/11/16/legislation-and-lobbyists/#more-141585
Yup
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/09/17/a-dc-cornerstone-issue-that-must-be-understood-this-isnt-what-you-learned-on-schoolhouse-rock/
😉
For those of us that attend events when our politicians are trying to get re-elected, I suggest we make a point of exposing this.
Specifically, what part of the legislation did YOU write?
Did you read the legislation before you put your name on it as the author or signed to endorse it?
Excellent point!! Talk about asking the right questions! Write down their answers and post it here.
And they think , actually they don’t really give a damn., whether or not the public buys the BS excuse — On to the next fiasco ….screwups gotta do what screw ups do … And they mocked and complained about PDJT not being savvy enough in the ways of DC to be a competent Executive —irony much ? And a pathetic joke
I spent two minutes staring at Brett Baier and Sinema. He asked her if she had read the bill. She said she WROTE the bill. Neither could complete one sentence. The CIA Black Box has been turned off since 6:03 PM.
A “border security” bill that secures easy illegal passage to this country.
Once again, wrong border, wrong country.
I’ll take ANY win against these clowns that I can! Of course they are busy setting up the next trap as I type. “Serenity NOW”!
Seems an discussion to see the screen name of VoteOutAllIncumbents. I believe it more and more every day.
If so then McConnel and Lankford can do the right thing. If enough political [Trump] force is brought to bear.
I say they both deserve applause. But only for a moment. Not a second more.
You’re too kind – The old crow was dragged beak first , flapping all the way , crows don’t like to EAT crow Afterall …
How’s Chuckie going to top his last mouthful? I wonder if he got any takers for that American mission to Ukraine?
They’re going to blame this poopoo show on the House GOP. Because that’s what Democrats do. Why Lankford agreed to participate in it is beyond me. He looks like a total fool now.
Well, he is a total fool, so….
And just like that…our representative legislators wasted a whole bunch of time, wrote a senseless bill, trashed it and still collect paychecks… paid by us.
Sounds like something out of the Indiana politics book.
What are legislative sessions… except bridges to the next vacation break?
EXACTLY!! I WANT MY MONEY BACK 🤬
Me, too, and I want them to go to jail for dereliction of duty and failure to protect our constituency.
Not one of them write bills. The cabal of their dirty donor lawyers write bills. Of course, to benefit ($$$$) the donors.
Pure corruption.
Oh, Dee,
They don’t even READ the bills – they just cast lots with their crony’s and check to see which way the wind is blowing before signing their name.
PURE CORRUPTION.
I’m not a fan of Fox, but Jesse Waters does a great job concisely exposing the numerous aspects of this Border Bill disaster !
Knicky FC says its irresponsibility for reps to leave hell hole with out a deal
But
Should we place bets on whether or not Romney will still vote for it? He decided to not run for re-election this year so he’s out after Jan 2025.
I suspect my POS RINO (I know, redundant ;)) Senator, Todd Young would support it if Chyna Mitch wanted it to be so.
No fan of Lankford but I think Chyna Mitch saw an opportunity to castrate him for any future political power and punish him for J6.
1- He had him “co-author” some of the most egregious legislation proposed.
2- Lankford has been censured in his home state as a result.
3- He has lost any connection to MAGA or even centrist republicans.
I see this as payback for Lankford being one in the Senate that was on the floor willing to question the legitimacy of the 2020 election.
He’s now got his name on something so foul that Chyna Mitch is giving the okay to vote down.
If lankford questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election, then that is a plus actually.
He did. I seem to recall he was the one speaking in the Senate when they began the evacuations on J6.
Lankford has been squishy for a long time on matters important to MAGA. IMO, Chyna Mitch saw a chance to really whip him into shape.
We will see how this all plays out.
The last I heard, there was so much dissent among the GOP senators regarding this turd border legislation that there were even rumors of Mitch losing his Minority Leader position.
There aren’t enough idiots in America to make us deserving of these hapless criminals
Perhaps the Senate could take up the House bill.
Perhaps the Senate could
take up the House billexercise the will of the people……….all spending bills must originate in the HOUSE…
These Senators would sell us all out if they weren’t afraid of Trump.
It is no wonder that the people of this country and even of the Treehouse here are frustrated with the evil policies over which we have so little control, when the UniParty in Congress and the tyrant in the White House are grifting off our tax dollars to fund cultural chaos, importing crime and drugs, and browbeating us in the media for growing angry at their lies and more lies.
When they fund money-laundering wars we cannot win and regime change operations that stir conflicts all over the world. It is no wonder that the US under Biden is so detested.
They just cannot hide this any longer. I guess the internet WORKED.
McConnell is the problem, and individual senators who support his leadership need to engage in introspection. This debacle simply is the latest in a series of leadership debacles. And primary voters who send people like McConnell, Rounds, Cornyn, Lankford and Co. back time and time again bear responsibility.
” Mitch McConnell is now pretending the entire fiasco wasn’t his idea”
Mitch “Captain Renault” McConnel : I’m shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.
Out of curiosity, did the proposed bill say how long these ILLEGAL ALIENS will have to assimilate into American society?
Didn’t think so……….
Not sure but the bill would give them work permits so they can support themselves. (smh)
No money for foreign wars!
Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
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@brithume just said on
@foxnew that @BPUnion’s Brandon Judd supports the bipartisan immigration bill. This isn’t true. And it should be corrected.
I spoke to Brandon 30 minutes ago. He made clear he supports some of the border provisions – but absolutely not the entire bill.
@BretBaier
7:18 PM · Feb 5, 2024
I do not give a crap what Brandon Judd or anyone else tells us.
We should immediately cut anything coming across our border for at least 20 to 40 years or more. Done.
Brandon Judd is about Brandon Judd and his brother. A coworker got screwed royally on a transfer because Judd flexed his union officer muscle to get his brother transferred instead.
Ah ha , the bipartisan double middle finger salute bill!
Last week In Times Square New York City, 2 NYC policemen were thrown down on the concrete sidewalk, kicked and beaten by about 10 or so illegal invaders. The cops went to a hospital.
NY DA Alvin Bragg brought two of the invaders in for questioning. He released them without bail or charges.
On of the invaders, upon release, defiantly showed the assembled press, the double middle finger salute. This picture went viral.
If the powerful Senators decide to proceed with “the double middle finger salute” bill you will know how much they respect American citizens .
No matter how much bread you put on a chit sandwich it still tastes like chit
And you (Grenell) feel compelled to defend him, why? Care to name the “Border Provisions” that he supports? (The fat raises for loading the boxcars) Didn’t think so.
This is not the first rift from Judd and MAGA/DJT.
We’ve learned our lesson. Cue the snake poem.
Good Lord, what part of this monstrous sucky bill IS supportable? Is Judd compromised too? Please enlighten us!!!!!
Absolute proof that chuckie and Lanford DID NOT sit around negotiating this …their handlers did. They had no idea how bad this was. It was like lanford was blindsided.
One thought I had because I am now so cynical. It goes like this….”they” knowingly wrote a bad bill to enrage the people…..Johnson looks like the real deal (MAGA) when he blocks it. Now everyone breathes a sigh of relief that this was not up for a vote. Now we can trust Johnson only he screws us on the budget , Ukraine, or a “better” border bill.
Johnson has already quietly proposed a stand alone aid bill of $17.6B for Israel with nothing for the border and no cuts to the IRS.
Indeed. Total BS.
I must tell you that a friend of mine sat in a diner yesterday watching a man enter and rant”We need a revolution!”
This man was reacting to the NYC cops being accosted and the perps being let go.
My friend said he has NEVER seen anything like this in his entire life.
From Sean Davis:
“Let this be a lesson to any Republican stupid enough to go out on a limb to do McConnell’s dirty work: he will leave you out to dry, then cut off the limb you are standing on to save his own behind.”
“Make no mistake: McConnell picked Lankford for this kamikazi mission because 1) Lankford isn’t up for re-election until 2028, and 2) Lankford didn’t have the experience or wits to accomplish anything substantive against Shumer and Biden, whose goals on immigration perfectly align with McConnell’s.”
“It was vintage Mitch McConnell: work feverishly behind the scenes on behalf of his donors and the UniParty to fleece taxpayers, pick an unsuspecting dupe to bear the public burden of carrying McConnell’s slop bucket, then throw the poor dupe right under the bus when everything goes sideways.”
🎯
McConnell just picks his own seasonal whores. Don’t even start me on Johnson.
The uniparty double-speak is compounded on the globalist double-speak.
These dweebs like Lankford and McConnell are some sick, sick puppies. Sad!
Has Tim Scott come out yet to oppose this thing?
Sen. Tim Scott statement Monday to Fox News opposing bill…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sen-tim-scott-a-hades-no-on-senate-border-immigration-deal/ar-BB1hPzyP
Thank you. That’s good to know.
I’m pretty certain Mittens will vote for it.
Is this the first real and open evidence that Trump owns the Mitch?
wander…if they see pictures certain ppl(former politicians) -who as VSG would say- they are out of country…….
What ever as long as it does not become law. These congress pwople are as bad as the local USPS workers who can’t read and/or comprehend. Seems everyday is a battle with local, State, and Fed workers. All could leave today and we’d be ahead of the game.
Btw, McConnells blue lips and ashen face are a sign he is fragile and needs to go. Do not care where…just go.
See, I always thought the crocodiles were a great thought.
It was very economical and ecological.
LOVE!!!!
“Yahoo News saying the Border Patrol Union endorses the Senate immigration deal.”
I understand there is a 15% raise for every Border Patrol officer. That’s a $20,000+ raise every year!
The Senate’s mistake was in writing a bill that was 300 pages long, giving everyone a chance to read it. (I bet they won’t do that again).
They didn’t think we would read it! lol I’m sure propaganda media made it sound awesome.
Lankford has shown himself to be a liar. He spoke forcefully against “internet rumors” about the bill, but they’re true..
is not nice of him who proclaim is Christian……..
The Oklahoma legislature needs to recall Lankford.
ASAP…
No recall of federal officeholders. Only way you get rid of them is through expulsion, resignation, retirement or death.
LMAO
“Several members of GOP leadership, like Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) and Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), said they are still reviewing the deal’s text.”
These people lie so easily; it just rolls out of their mouths!
If the 8500 illegals per day isn’t enough to make them vote ‘no’, then there’s no hope for these people.
Maybe, they should review this first…
Rep. Dan Bishop
@RepDanBishop
Feb 5
Another thought: why would commanding “the Secretary” to “activate border emergency authority” work any better than commands “to detain” and “to remove” illegals that courts have found Mayorkas continually defied?
Might save them some time.
They waste soo much time on this crap , soo there no time do real legislation..
When this atrocity is dead, I will believe the Republicans. We have so many RINOS that I don’t trust any of them. Romney, Graham, Cornyn, Collins, Lankford, Ernst, Murkowski, are just some that will screw us over.
And to think we actually pay them for their ridiculous actions and behavior by even agreeing to such a bill in the first place. A first grader can make better decisions than these clowns.
My first reaction, ‘are they out of their freaking minds??!!’ Jesse Waters dissects the bill on a YouTube segment, and some of the things buried in there will blow your mind.