.ON DECEMBER 6TH Republicans rejected Head of state Joe Biden's ask for $106bn of backing, the majority of it to assist arm Ukraine, on the basis that its stipulations to safeguard United States's southern border did not go far enough. A group of senators right now appear near hitting a bipartisan offer on migration regulations, thought to include harder plans as the cost of Republican support. But it appears likely to become defeated in your home of Reps. On January 14th Mike Johnson, our home audio speaker, pointed out that relevant perimeter reform would have to wait till a Republican was president. Yet on January 17th, after a conference with Mr Biden, he hinted that he could be ready for a compromise after all. Is one probably?