US Senate will vote on aid to Ukraine next week - Democratic leader Schumer
The US Senate will return to work on Monday, hoping to get a border deal to allocate aid to Ukraine.
According to Censor.NET, with reference to ZN.ua, this was stated by the leader of the Democratic majority in the US Senate, Chuck Schumer.
He noted that his chamber will vote on President Joe Biden's supplemental request for support for Ukraine next week, which the Senate continued to work by postponing the Christmas holidays. Schumer hopes that by then at least a framework agreement on the border will be concluded.
Discussions on the border are still extremely complex, and there is no guarantee that negotiators - including President Joe Biden's administration, Senate leaders, Senators Chris Murphy, Kirsten Sinema, and James Lankford - will be able to reach a deal. But Democrats felt that it was too dangerous to go on a three-week recess, given the uncertainty that awaits Ukraine, POLITICO reports.
After hours of negotiations, Sinema said that the case had moved forward: "I see a deal. We have a lot to do to get there. But I see it."
It is noted that Sinema, Murphy, and Lankford refused to give journalists any details, keeping the negotiations extremely non-transparent. But negotiators discussed new removal authority, expedited removal nationwide, and mandatory detention, and reached broad agreement on changes to asylum policy.
These potential policy changes make progressive Democrats and immigration advocates nervous. There has been little discussion of the legalization of migrants, which has been the core of previous immigration negotiations.
Biden administration officials, aides to Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Sinema, Lankford and Murphy participated in hours-long meetings that they said were productive. McConnell and Schumer met in each other's offices twice this week, including to discuss adjustments to the schedule.
