Eager to show lessons learned from November’s blistering election losses, Democrats are on the cusp of helping Republicans deliver President Donald Trump his first legislative victory only days into his second term.
The Laken Riley Act, a bipartisan measure to crack down on illegal immigration, is set to clear the House on Wednesday and land on Trump’s desk on just his third day in office.
“What’s important is that we are showing to the American public what we’ve heard this last election — people like me and [Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ)] — that we’re going to work in a bipartisan manner to bring commonsense solutions to border security,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Democratic co-sponsor, told the Washington Examiner.
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