sponsors included 20,000 border security agents and promszed to finish the 700 mile fence. that lured republican senators to the yes column. maybe some more would have voted yes, if they were not stuck on planes with weather troubles. the reality is, three or four more votes probably wouldn t have changed the real split inside the gop on whether or not any kind of path to citizenship should be voted on before they first take the issue of border security off the table. it s something i talked about with steve king, a congressman from iowa. republicans voted for it because it s a promise of border security. it s barely a fig leaf. republicans on the house side are going to understand this, we don t want to grant a