I know you are right but to drop it before even reaching the Senate floor was not a good faith effort in my estimation. Since it was never debated on the floor of either house, voters are deprived of the opportunity to learn where their representatives stand.

Once the Minority Leader comes out and says the bill's dead, the bill's dead. The Senate's not going to waste time on bills that aren't going to pass, except in certain circumstances not really relevant here.

Look, the Speaker of the House has a lot of power. If he comes out against a bill and says he's not going to bring it forward in his chamber, it's often a fatal blow to the legislation. It's unfortunate, in this case. But we have to give "credit" where credit is due - Johnson's public statements were a death blow to the security bill effort, and Trump's statements were equally damaging. There's no way McConnell can whip the GOP Senators after that for anything close to the Senate proposal, which took months of negotiations to get to.

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