.ON DECEMBER 6TH Republicans turned down President Joe Biden's request for $106bn of funding, most of it to help arm Ukraine, on the basis that its stipulations to protect United States's southerly border carried out not progress enough. A team of legislators right now seem to be near blowing a bipartisan bargain on migration regulations, believed to consist of harder plans as the cost of Republican support. Yet it looks most likely to become finished off in your home of Agents. On January 14th Mike Johnson, our home sound speaker, pointed out that significant border reform will need to hang around up until a Republican was head of state. Yet on January 17th, after a conference along with Mr Biden, he suggested that he may be available to a compromise after all. Is one likely?