Border politics continues to dominate Washington and Texas. The two leading candidates in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate lay out their differences. And Gov. Abbott gets involved in a hotly contested Republican primary race for Texas House.
Jack Fink covers these stories and more in the latest edition of Eye on Politics (original air date: Feb. 11).
Border issues continue making headlines
The border security bill introduced in the U.S. Senate last week took months to be negotiated, but just days to be rejected by 45 Republicans and five Democrats.
The legislation came about after Congressional Republicans insisted on tying border security measures with any more military funding for Ukraine in its war against Russia. The bill also included military funding for Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza.
But on Wednesday, senators fell short of the 60 votes required to start debating it. The proposal appeared to be doomed after former President Donald Trump urged Republicans to oppose it. House Republican leaders also called the bill “dead on arrival” in the lower chamber, and called on President Biden to instead take executive action on the border.