Senate will again vote on bipartisan border package

• Republicans torpedoed the same exact package earlier this year, and they are expected to vote against it yet again.

Driving the news: Schumer said in a letter to lawmakers on Sunday that the chamber will move the bill this week, as Axios first reported.

• "We are hopeful this bipartisan proposal will bring serious-minded Republicans back to the table to advance this bipartisan solution for our border," Schumer said in the letter.
• The bipartisan border deal would give the White House new tools to use to restrict asylum when numbers at the border inflate.

Yes, but: Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), one of the architects of the bipartisan package, said last week that he would not support the bill if Schumer brought it back to the floor.

The bottom line: This is an attempt from Schumer to shift the politics of the border, which Republicans have hammered Democrats on since the beginning of the Biden administration.

• This gives vulnerable Democratic senators, like Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the chance to vote for stricter border measures. The GOP has made the border their top issue in key Senate election states like Montana, Ohio, Nevada and Arizona.
• Multiple Democratic sources told Axios last week that they believe Schumer's border play this week is a precursor to executive action from the White House on immigration.