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Congress did not act. a couple of months ago, as you may know, senator lankford, who is a republican, negotiated the strongest, toughest, border security bill in the history of the country. president biden said send it to me. i will sign it. the house members stopped it because donald trump said please don't do that save that for an election issue. secure the border. congress creates laws and fund laws. president biden has done what he can do. he continues to want to do more. if congress would send him a bill. that's consistent with what they asked for just a couple months ago he will sign the...

Points to unexpected events such as covid, and the war in ukraine. and here's one further question from carly — who asks, "is there a place where someone can easily read the pa rties' manifestos? " well, carly, the answer to that is yes — not least here at bbc news. once the manifestos are published, our website will have summaries of them, and links if you want to read them in full. thanks very much indeed to all of you who've sent questions — do keep them coming. if there's an election issue you'd like us to explain, you can reach us on the bbc news app or via bbc.co.uk/news. still to ...

To this area of the country from any of the major— to this area of the country from any of the major party leaders. if you leave _ of the major party leaders. if you leave a _ of the major party leaders. if you leave a vacuum in politics, someone will fail— leave a vacuum in politics, someone will fail it. _ leave a vacuum in politics, someone will fail it, and that is exactly what — will fail it, and that is exactly what has _ will fail it, and that is exactly what has happened this week in birmingham. 0n what has happened this week in birmingham. on monday, we had a visit from _ birmin...

There's also a convention that policies based on manifestos are not blocked by the house of lords, giving further weight to these promises. and failing to keep manifesto commitments can bring political risk. as the conservatives campaign, critics are highlighting that several key promises from the conservatives' manifesto in 2019 haven't happened. responding to this, the government points to unexpected events such as covid, and the war in ukraine. and here's one further question from carly — who asks, "is there a place where someone can easily read the parties�* manifestos? " well, carly, ...

We appreciate it. jonathan, we should underline something that julia said, which is, we'll hear republicans in congress complaining about this today. too little, too late. they had the legislation they asked for sitting right in front of them, bipartisan, led by one of the most conservative senators in the senate, james happening for. kyrsten sinema and chris murphy worked on it for months. donald trump told republicans not to support it anymore, and they walked away from it. the timing, why now for president biden? >> two pieces. julia hit one, waiting for mexico's elections to conclude. that...