.ON DECEMBER 6TH Republicans turned down President Joe Biden's request for $106bn of funding, many of it to assist branch Ukraine, on the manner that its regulations to secure The United States's southerly perimeter carried out not go far sufficient. A group of politicians now appear near assaulting a bipartisan package on immigration rules, thought to consist of more durable policies as the price of Republican assistance. But it appears very likely to become defeated in the House of Reps. On January 14th Mike Johnson, your home sound speaker, said that significant boundary reform would must wait till a Republican was president. Yet on January 17th, after an appointment with Mr Biden, he suggested that he may be available to a trade-off after all. Is one most likely?