2 House Republicans push back against claims that a president can easily fix the border: 'Why didn't Trump just shut down the border? He couldn't.'

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A Democratic senator said he's 'gobsmacked' the GOP turned its back on the immigration bill: 'They literally demanded specific policy, got it, and then killed it'

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Sen. Brian Schatz speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on June 9, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene would have a major role in DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment trial

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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McConnell staked his legacy on a border-Ukraine deal. He may be too out of step with the GOP to save it.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing for a bipartisan Ukraine-immigration deal that former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are against.

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A GOP representative says new border legislation is the 'worst screwing in the Senate since that Dem staffer filmed his porno on Klobuchar's desk'

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Mike Collins, left, and Vernon Jones participate in Georgia's 10th Congressional District Republican primary election runoff debates on Monday, June 6, 2022, in Atlanta.

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Mike Johnson said Trump isn't 'calling the shots' for House Republicans after the president implored them to reject a bipartisan border security deal

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House Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Alejandro Mayorkas says the United States still aims to be a country of immigrants

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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Mayorkas says the migrant surge isn't the result of early Biden moves: 'People leave their homes because of the conditions under which they suffer'

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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GOP senator says it's 'unfortunate' the extent to which some Republicans defer to Trump

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Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican

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Republicans might not have the votes to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Two GOP lawmakers are still undecided.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (seen here before he became speaker) faces a razor-thin margin on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. One of the current undecided Republicans is Rep. Tom McClintock of California (left).

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