Some House Republicans are blaming Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and the far-right House Freedom Caucus for blocking a border bill.
On Saturday, the House approved a $95 billion package of foreign aid bills that would provide an additional $60 billion in funding for Ukraine, but Republican lawmakers believe they could have gotten concession from Democrats on the border if it wasn’t for Greene and other far right members making things difficult.
“If you were a true conservative, you would actually advance border security, but what they want to do is they want to blow up border security,” Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky) told Axios.
An unnamed GOP lawmaker said: “The members who scream the loudest about border security were actively and knowingly preventing us from getting it done.”
Another lawmaker accused Greene and the House Freedom Caucus of enabling Democratic wins by refusing to make concessions.
“They’re making us the most bipartisan Congress ever,” the lawmaker said. “Because they are unwilling to compromise just a little bit in a divided government, they force us to make bigger concessions and deals with the Dems.”
GOP leadership had introduced border security provisions as part of the foreign aid package but it failed to advance out of committee and an attempt to suspend normal House rule to pass the legislation failed.
