‘Negotiations on Ukraine in the Senate have failed again’, – The Wall Street Journal

The negotiations on Ukraine in the Senate have once again fallen through.

This information reported by The Wall Street Journal, assessing the talks that took place on Sunday. According to the publication, they failed, and it’s unlikely the issue will be resolved before Christmas, the newspaper suggests.

According to their information, a negotiating group convened in the Senate yesterday to discuss tightening immigration policies, but a compromise couldn’t be reached. Republicans are demanding that Biden address this specific issue in exchange for voting on the aid package for Ukraine.

“This has further diminished the chances for any vote before Christmas. The lack of a breakthrough by the self-imposed weekend deadline underscored the difficulties Senate negotiations faced, even after the Biden administration signaled it was willing to make significant concessions on immigration policy,” the article states.

Moreover, many Republicans who were not involved in the discussions “in recent days have expressed skepticism about any deal.”

Simultaneously, The Hill reports that some senators are “encouraged” by negotiations on the Mexico border, which determine the allocation of aid to Ukraine, but they don’t know the potential timeline for reaching a deal.

Democrats, however, express a more optimistic tone. Senator Joe Manchin stated that there is progress in the negotiations and that an agreement could be reached as early as this week.

Nevertheless, Republicans accuse Democrats of attempting to push through a deal “behind closed doors.”

“Yesterday, I talked to a couple of key participants in the negotiations, and they feel like they made some progress, but I know [Senate Majority Leader Chuck] Schumer [a Democrat] thinks that some deal will be cut behind closed doors, and then it will be jammed through the Senate, and then through the House. That’s not going to happen,” said Republican Senator John Cornyn.

The Hill believes that even if the Senate and the White House come to an agreement on the border, this deal will face resistance in the House of Representatives, where Republicans will seek to toughen the document.