Johnson presses Senate to prioritize House-led border bill over ‘comprehensive’ reform

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is pressing the Senate to prioritize the House’s flagship border security bill, arguing “now is not the time” to focus on advancing “comprehensive” reforms.

Johnson is set to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday afternoon alongside other congressional leaders to discuss the national security supplemental currently being negotiated in the Senate. Lawmakers in the upper chamber have been hammering out that legislation over the last month as Democrats seek to secure additional foreign aid for Ukraine in exchange for stricter border policies being pushed by Republicans.