House speaker Kevin McCarthy says funding for Ukraine and tightening the US-Mexico border are linked

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Two issues were left out of the stop-gap measure to fund the government. A group of Republicans want more funding for border security — as much as $6 billion more. In exchange, they’ll consider continuing to support the war in Ukraine. 

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