Conservatives make last-minute push for border security in debt ceiling packageThe Hill
Washington, DC,
May 18, 2023
In a letter to the bipartisan leaders negotiating a debt limit compromise, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) argued the migrant influx at the Southern border is — like the threat of default — a crisis facing the country. The group is pushing to attach the GOP’s House-passed border bill to any deal that lifts the government’s borrowing cap. ... “The security of our border is inextricably linked to the fiscal security of our nation,” the group, led by Reps. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) and Ben Cline (R-Va.), wrote to President Biden, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and the other leaders navigating the talks. ... Read more here. |