.ON DECEMBER 6TH Republicans rejected Head of state Joe Biden's ask for $106bn of funding, most of it to aid branch Ukraine, on the basis that its own regulations to secure America's southerly perimeter carried out not progress good enough. A team of senators now appear near blowing a bipartisan deal on migration policies, believed to consist of more durable plans as the cost of Republican assistance. But it looks likely to become defeated in your house of Panels. On January 14th Mike Johnson, your house sound speaker, mentioned that meaningful border reform would must wait up until a Republican politician was actually president. Yet on January 17th, after an appointment along with Mr Biden, he hinted that he may be ready for a compromise after all. Is one very likely?