Wall Street Journal: “Negotiations for a deal are a high-stakes balancing act. The White House warned Congress last week that funding to help Ukraine repel Russia’s invasion—a Biden priority—would run out by the end of this year, and senators are currently planning to leave for the Christmas break at the end of this week.
”“While the immigration system is something both parties say should be fixed, sharp disagreements as to how have bedeviled compromise for years, and Biden risks alienating part of the Democratic camp if he surrenders too much to get a deal.”
“Republicans are insisting on sweeping changes to immigration policy, aimed at curbing the flow of migrants heading for the southern border, as a condition to passing the security assistance package with funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Though most Republican senators support that assistance, the party banded together to block a version of the measure last week that didn’t contain any border-policy measures.”