Senate Republicans demanded that border security be added to a White House request for aid to Ukraine and Israel, but they are now balking at the details of a potential border deal.
Senate Republicans demanded that border security be added to a White House request for aid to Ukraine and Israel, but they are now balking at the details of a potential border deal.
The military aid would not pass on it’s own, in order to get the Republican vote they added border policy to it
This is pretty common in the usa, it’s nickname is “pork barrel” or “Texas pork”
I would say it is not a good way to do things (I like very little about our government) but with the way it is set up this is pretty much the only way to pass bills