The White House statement comes after a week of frantic negotiations in the Senate.
President Joe Biden on Friday urged Congress to pass a bipartisan bill to address the immigration crisis at the nation’s southern border, saying he would shut down the border the day the bill became law.
“What’s been negotiated would — if passed into law — be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country,” Biden said in a statement. “It would give me, as President, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. And if given that authority, I would use it the day I sign the bill into law.”
Biden’s Friday evening statement resembles a ramping up in rhetoric for the administration, placing the president philosophically in the camp arguing that the border may hit a point where closure is needed. The White House’s decision to have Biden weigh in also speaks to the delicate nature of the dealmaking, and the urgency facing his administration to take action on the border — particularly during an election year, when Republicans have used the issue to rally their base.
The president is also daring Republicans to reject the deal as it faces a make-or-break moment amid GOP fissures.
Vote for alternative parties and push for Ranked Choice Voting.
So you disagree with the narrative that voting third party is a vote for Republicans?
And I’m not sure what else to do to push for ranked choice voting besides talking about it. I’m very involved locally, but that doesn’t seem to help the national political hellscape.
Primary conservative Democrats and run candidates that support RCV. This is a generation long fight. Look at how the GOP has shifted over the past 40-50 years. This was from a long sustained project of focusing on local/state elections, vigorously primarying from the right, and capturing courts. We have to be more dedicated than they were, and they were dedicated as fuck. That’s how we get actual electoral power.
You should vote for the best candidate on the ballot. Otherwise, the system doesn’t work.
You also should do the right thing, even if other people refuse.
Sounds like I’m on the right track 👍