Republican Senate leaders say they won't negotiate with House Democrats over differences in their chambers' emergency funding bills for the border
Washington Republican Senate leaders said Wednesday they won't negotiate with House Democrats over differences in their chambers' emergency funding bills for the border, essentially daring the House to take or leave the Senate bill, which has bipartisan backing and the expected support of President Donald Trump.
The Senate will instead vote Wednesday afternoon on its version of a $4.6 billion bill to address the migrant crisis at the southern border.The emotional debate, highlighted Wednesday morning by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer displaying a blown-up image on the Senate floor depicting a shocking photo of a Salvadoran father and his daughter who drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande, imperils the chances that a bill will be passed before Congress breaks for recess later this week.
Shocking video is reminder of US-Mexico border crisis 01:31The growing humanitarian crisis on the southern border was further galvanized Tuesday afternoon after the release of the shocking image depicting the drowned corpses of the father and daughter. Their bodies were found Monday near Matamoros, across the river from Brownsville, Texas.
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