Posted 1/5/2024, 6:13:00 PM
GOP Divided Over Hardline Border Funding Bill, Risking Shutdown
- House Speaker Mike Johnson faces division within GOP over border funding bill, risks shutdown
- Rep. Jim Jordan seeks to insert clause to "suspend processing and release of new migrants"
- Jordan's proposal unlikely to pass Democratic-led Senate or be signed by President Biden
- If Congress doesn't reach funding deal by Feb 2, would trigger shutdown, harming services
- Sen. Patty Murray warns GOP that hardline border funding approach would be "dead on arrival"