Biden urges Congress to embrace border bill. But House speaker suggests it may be ‘dead on arrival’

President Joe Biden is pressing Congress to embrace a bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures with foreign aid for Ukraine. The Democratic president says in a statement that the policies proposed would “be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country.” But House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, says the legislation would be “dead on arrival in the House” if leaked reports about it are true. The diminishing prospects for a deal leave congressional leaders with no clear way to approve a $110 billion White House request for emergency funding for Ukraine, Israel, immigration enforcement and national security needs.