Their idea was to tie approval of military assistance to Ukraine to tough border security demands that Democrats would never accept, allowing Republicans to block the money for Kyiv that many of them oppose while simultaneously enabling them to pound Democrats for refusing to halt a surge of migrants at the border. It was to be a win-win headed into November’s elections.
But Democrats tripped them up by offering substantial — almost unheard-of — concessions on immigration policy without insisting on much in return. Now it is Republicans who are rapidly abandoning a compromise that gave them much of what they wanted, leaving aid to Ukraine in deep jeopardy, border policy in turmoil and Congress again flailing as multiple crises at home and abroad go without attention because of a legislative stalemate.
It’s called diplomacy and it is a requirement of getting anything done in a split Congress.
The NY times isn’t in congress though.
Diplomacy is usually between different nations. When political parties negotiate it’s more commonly called horse-trading, or compromise. But again that’s not the job of a national newspaper.
It’s also quite possible to compromise with someone without parroting their lies.