As you’ve probably heard, Republicans are refusing to allocated any more money for Ukraine unless and until they get something on border security from the Biden administration. As of a few days ago, negotiations toward a deal seemed to be going nowhere fast. Yesterday there was a report at Politico that the Biden administration was making a last ditch effort to turn things around.
Top Biden administration officials are scrambling to keep border talks alive as a deal with Senate Republicans over Ukraine funding has grown increasingly elusive, four people familiar with the talks said.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, White House deputy chief of staff Natalie Quillian and Shuwanza Goff, director of the White House office of legislative affairs, on Tuesday afternoon met on the Hill with Senate negotiators — Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Kyrsten Sinema…
