Senate Vote Ends Border Deal Prospects, Setting Election Fight

The Senate delivered a death blow to efforts to impose new border restrictions, blocking a carefully negotiated bipartisan compromise after former president Donald Trump and House Republican leaders denounced the deal.

The 49 to 50 Senate vote Wednesday virtually guarantees Congress won’t pass any broad immigration or border legislation before the November presidential election, and perhaps much longer than that. Under the chamber’s rules, 60 votes are needed to break a blockade against legislation.

It also leaves no clear path for new US military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

The emergency aid was included in the border deal blocked ...