.ON DECEMBER 6TH Republicans denied President Joe Biden's ask for $106bn of financing, many of it to aid branch Ukraine, on the manner that its provisions to protect America's southern perimeter performed certainly not go far good enough. A group of legislators currently seem to be close to hitting a bipartisan deal on migration policies, thought to include harder policies as the rate of Republican support. But it appears most likely to be defeated in your home of Representatives. On January 14th Mike Johnson, your house sound speaker, stated that meaningful border reform would need to hang around up until a Republican politician was head of state. However on January 17th, after a conference with Mr Biden, he prompted that he may be ready for a compromise nevertheless. Is one likely?