https://thehill.com/latino/4421542-hispanic-caucus-senate-border-ukraine-deal-immigration-israel/
Hey everyone - I just read this article about the Senate Border-Ukraine (and Israel and Taiwan) deal (which was mentioned in class yesterday). The article mainly focuses on how there is no CHC representation in these negotiations and the implications of this omission. It also talks about how the deal is likely to face opposition in the House from CHC members as well as hard-line Republicans who will not vote for funding Ukraine (if Speaker Johnson even brings it to the floor). The article did not explicitly mention the lack of representation from border states in the negotiations, with the talks being led by Sen. Murphy (D-CT) and Sen. Lankford (R-OK). The only Senator mentioned as involved in the talks who is from a border state is Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ). I think this connects well to our discussion of how there are "two Congresses," with a deal with national implications being driven by Senators whose constituencies are not those most directly affected (I hope I used the right word here, don't want to make a dumb-you-know-what mistake)!
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