.ON DECEMBER 6TH Republicans rejected President Joe Biden's ask for $106bn of backing, a lot of it to assist arm Ukraine, on the manner that its own arrangements to secure The United States's southern perimeter performed not progress enough. A team of legislators right now appear near hitting a bipartisan offer on migration rules, thought to feature tougher plans as the price of Republican support. Yet it appears probably to become finished off in your home of Agents. On January 14th Mike Johnson, your house speaker, mentioned that significant border reform would certainly have to hang around till a Republican was head of state. Yet on January 17th, after a conference with Mr Biden, he hinted that he might be ready for a compromise nevertheless. Is one very likely?