Senate set to vote today on all-but-doomed border deal as plan B emerges

Washington — The Senate is set to take up a key vote Wednesday afternoon on a long-anticipated border deal as part of a national security supplemental funding package that will likely come up short on support after far-reaching Republican opposition became clear quickly after its release this week.

Although Senate Republicans appeared resigned to oppose the procedural vote to open debate, with the conference in large part either opposing the border deal released on Sunday or seeking more time to review it, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer planned to forge ahead with the vote on Wednesday. 

"For the security of America at the border, for the security of Ukraine and Israel, we're going to keep at it," Schumer told reporters on Tuesday. "We will move further forward. Stay tuned."