Trump, House GOP Leaders Reject Senate Border-Ukraine Deal

Speaker Johnson warns compromise ‘dead on arrival’ in House
Deal would toughen border enforcement, speed deportations

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By Erik Wasson, Ellen M Gilmer, and Billy House

February 5, 2024 at 6:30 PM UTC

Updated on

February 5, 2024 at 6:53 PM UTC

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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and House Republican leaders denounced a bipartisan Senate deal to impose new US border restrictions and unlock billions of dollars in Ukraine aid, endangering its prospects for passage.

Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republican leaders in a joint statement Monday declared the Senate compromise “a waste of time” and “dead on arrival” in the House.