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"I need to ask my staff," Florida Rep. Maria Salazar said as a reporter listed off times she bragged about getting money for her district that she opposed.
“CLOSE THE BORDER!” the former president demanded, as he tried to derail a bipartisan deal to make closing it easier.
Biden said he would use a new emergency authority to handle the border if lawmakers could come together to pass the compromise bill.
“Could you give the definition of ‘carpetbagger?'" opponent Mike Lynch bluntly asked during her first Republican primary debate since the congresswoman switched districts.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Confiscating assets, using the authority that helped save Britain in World War II, could not replace aid snagged in border deal talks, they say.
The bill will be ready for a Senate vote as early as next week. The GOP has to decide: obey Trump or tackle the border crisis they've been screaming about.
The measure would reaffirm American support of a two-state solution to the ongoing war.
The former president is telling Republicans he "doesn't want Biden to have a victory" in 2024, said a source familiar with the bipartisan negotiations.
The far-right House member's pushy tactics turned the proceedings into absurd political theater.
"We look forward to Hunter Biden’s testimony," the chairs of the House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight Committee said.