correspondent ed program is live from capitol hill with more breaking details. ted , how soon can we expect a vote on this bill ? cowe don t think there s going to be a vote tonight. they hope to pass the omnibus bill overnight, but there is a delay. it s over. a gop effort to impose title. forty two for the border a and requested that we add a vot minimum, have an up or down vote , a simple up or downtitle2 vote on preserving title forty two or three , because title forty two or three is patwn us thing standing between us and absolute pandemoniundmndn on the border. now we already haveiuus do it pandemonium. the democrats won t let us do it. wh re afray? t mi because they re afraid itke might pass. senate majority leader chuckpoi schumer wanted an overnighovt vote , but the flashpoint over the border stalled things. we re still we re working s on an agreement to vote on amendments and pass the omnibus. tonight, we aren t there yet.ht we re making progress.e but we do not reach agre
senate to preserve it, but that could be frankly one of the things that upends the long-term spending bill that congress is trying to pass to avoid a government shutdown. i have requested that we in a minimum have an up or down vote, a simple up or down vote on preserving title 42, because title 42 is the only thing standing between us and absolute pandemonium on the border. democrats offered to give senator lee vote on his amendment with the 60-vote threshold, but he tells fox tonight no deal. still there continues to be a fight from republicans to lower that threshold to 51 votes. meanwhile in el paso, texas, concertina wire is actually lining the river where migrants continue to cross. if you have seen the pictures today, yes, it is going up. and frankly they are undeterred by the presence of national guard members telling them to turn back.
stand today. senators have two options: just two. give our armed forces resources and certainty they need or we will deny it to them. in the bill, 45 billion dollars for ukraine. margeory taylor greene and speaker candidate andy bigs oppose helping ukraine. greene called the aid absurd and sell lszelensky of a shadow president. all the sudden it will be gone it was. now we are back doing it again. senate majority leader chuck sch schumer could trigger a procedural vote. jason, might be a hold up on the
pandemonium and chaos on the border, and they are terrified of this vote because they will lose, as they should lose. so i am standing firm, i m going to demand an up or down vote. if they don t give us the up or down vote, this is going to be very difficult for them and it probably will cost them the omnibus. carley: what you think about that? good for him! whatever tool republicans have at their disposal at this point, they should be using. if they can force votes over things that are common sense, they should force them. mitch mcconnell has completely abdicated his responsibility as an opposition leader at this point, willing to push a bill that would handcuff the acquisitions and funding process for seven months into the new year, where kevin mccarthy and the republicans will not have a chance to set their terms. he s going along with nancy pelosi instead. it s mind-blowing in the way washington works. they don t want to vote for this title 42, which is barely a band-aid. you g
correspondent chad pergram is live on cap hall hill. there s a did lea and over gop to impose title 42 for the border. i m requested that we at a minimum have a up or down vote, up or down vote on preserving title 42 and title 42 authority is the only thing standing between us and absolute pandemonium on the border. we already have pandemonium and democrats won t let us do it because they re afraid it might pass chuck schumer wanted an overnight vote but the flash point over the border stalled things. we re still working on an agreement to vote on amendments and pass the omnivus tonight. we re making progress but if we do not reach agreement because of the urgency of getting in