Sen. Marshall to Newsmax: Senate Border Bill ‘Done’

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Newsmax on Wednesday that he will not vote for the Senate’s bipartisan border bill and said the legislation “doesn’t have the votes” to proceed.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., this week unveiled the bipartisan border bill for which he led negotiations on the GOP side, but it was met with widespread resistance from other Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, who objected to the bill’s funding for Ukraine and for not going far enough to prevent illegal crossings at the border.

Marshall, appearing on “National Report,” said the bipartisan Senate border bill “doesn’t have the votes to get to the next steps, so I think it’s done.”

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