Border, supplemental aid deal looks likely to slip to January
WASHINGTON — Senators filed back to town Monday with little hope of passing a war funding and border security package before they adjourn for the Christmas recess.
Expectations for a bipartisan deal sunk so low, in fact, that only 61 of 100 senators showed up for a vote Monday to confirm former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley as the next Social Security commissioner — a sign that sparse attendance…