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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday, February 8th, 2024. This is the excerpt.

Today an update from Capitol Hill on border legislation and more.

Plus Hamas proposes a ceasefire plan here Israel's response and big changes are coming to the SAT.

The Senate has killed a sweeping deal on the border and foreign aid with a 50 to 49 vote

the chamber voted against moving forward the 118 billion dollar package

that would have provided funding for foreign aid and revamped the country's immigration policies.

The reforms would have, among other things,

heightened asylum laws and created a new mechanism to shut down the border

if illegal crossings reached a certain threshold. The Senate may instead advance a separate $95 billion package

stripped of border provisions that would appropriate additional funds for Israel and Ukraine.

For a deeper dive on the situation at the border and where we go from here, stay tuned to the excerpt this afternoon at 4 p.m. Eastern.

When USA Today, immigration reporter Lauren Viegran sits down with veteran journalist and author Race Juarez.

Meanwhile a busy month on Capitol Hill continues and House Speaker Mike Johnson and

his fellow Republicans suffered a pair of embarrassing defeats this week.

I caught up with USA Today Congress, campaigns, and democracy reporter Ken Tran to discuss what happens next.

Ken, thanks for hopping on the excerpt today.

Happy to be on.

Let's start with what happened in the failed impeachment push of Homeland Security

Secretary Alejandro My workhouse. So Tuesday night was frankly one of the most embarrassing days and a really big setback for House Republican leadership

first with impeaching Mayarchus when Republicans took control of the House last year a lot of members were already seeking to impeach the secretary over the

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