Biden to Press House, Senate Leaders on Ukraine, Government Funding as Shutdown Deadline Looms

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Four congressional leaders will meet with the president this week as he presses for support in passing a contentious bill to avoid a government shutdown.

President Joe Biden has plans to convene a meeting with four congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday to press for their support in passing a contentious emergency aid package for Ukraine and Israel, and avoid a looming government shutdown next month.

According to The White House, President Biden will meet with the Congressional leaders on Tuesday and โ€œdiscuss the urgency of passing the bipartisan national security supplemental and keeping the government open.โ€

The four leaders are House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).

bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), was passed back in January, funding some government departments at current levels to March 1, and others until March 8, including the Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, and the State Department.

Legislation to keep the federal government operating through the end of September and approval for a $95 billion national security package with aid for Ukraine and Israel but not the southern border passed the Senate on a 70-29 vote earlier this month.

Mr. Johnson has held off on holding a vote on the bills in the House unless funding is allocated for U.S. border security, which has been raised as a significant bipartisan concern. Throughout the ongoing border crisis, record numbers of illegal immigrants and drugs have been allowed to flow into America. Itโ€™s estimated that more than 10 million illegal immigrants have crossed the border since President Biden took office.

Concerns have also been raised about terrorist suspects hopping across the border. In the fiscal year 2024, which began in October 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported encountering 50 individuals on the FBIโ€™s terror watchlist trying to enter the United States illegally. In the fiscal year ending 2023, the total was 736. Compared to the two years between fiscal 2017 and 2019, Border Patrol agents apprehended a total of 11 people on the terrorist watch list.

Byย Stephen Katte

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