.ON DECEMBER 6TH Republicans refused President Joe Biden's ask for $106bn of financing, many of it to assist arm Ukraine, on the manner that its regulations to protect America's southern boundary did not go far sufficient. A team of statesmans currently seem close to assaulting a bipartisan bargain on immigration policies, believed to include tougher plans as the price of Republican assistance. But it looks probably to be finished off in your home of Agents. On January 14th Mike Johnson, your house sound speaker, claimed that meaningful boundary reform would need to wait till a Republican politician was president. However on January 17th, after an appointment with Mr Biden, he suggested that he could be open up to a trade-off after all. Is actually one probably?