| Feb. 18, 2024 - Sen. Lindsey Graham "very optimistic" about House plan for border security and foreign aid
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Generational tension is abound in Washington, D.C, from the White House to Capitol Hill, as older generations hold on to power while younger ones vie for more influence. The front-runners for the presidential nominations in both the Democratic and Republican parties would set records for their advanced years by the end of a second term in office, and voters are faced with a question for the ages: how old is too old for the leadership in the nation's capital? Plus, Robert Costa interviewed Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, who injected new life into long-sought foreign aid and border security legislation in Congress on Sunday. Appearing on "Face the Nation," Graham called a new bill from House centrists "a winning combination." Watch the full interview here. Sen. Tim Scott, another South Carolina Republican, also joined Costa ahead of the Palmetto State's GOP primary. Watch Costa's interview with Scott here, and the full episode of "Face the Nation" here. The age-old question: How old is too old for Washington, D.C.?  The Washington Post's Dan Balz is considered by many the dean of political reporters. Balz is 77 years old -- the same age as former Presidents Trump, Clinton and Bush. He says the spotlight on President Biden's age (81) is understandable, and nothing new. In 1984, when Ronald Reagan -- then 73 -- was running for reelection, he playfully used his age as an asset when debating his opponent, 56-year-old Walter Mondale: "I will not make age an issue of this campaign," Reagan said. "I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." Balz said, "I think the lesson would be that you have to confront the issue directly, and you have to find a way to diffuse it and to get people to move past it. You don't want people dwelling on it." Read more from Robert Costa for "Sunday Morning." Sen. Lindsey Graham "very optimistic" about House plan for border security and foreign aid  Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said he feels "very optimistic" about a path forward in Congress for passing Ukraine aid and enhanced border security, throwing his conditional support behind a bipartisan funding bill released by House moderates in recent days. "I don't want to wait -- I want to act now on the border," Graham said on "Face the Nation." "I want to turn the aid package into a loan, that makes perfect sense to me. And I think the bipartisan Problem Solvers group has an idea that will sell." The proposal from members of the House Problem Solvers Caucus came on Friday, days after House Republican leaders dashed the hopes of bringing up a $95 billion Senate-passed foreign aid bill in the lower chamber. The Senate acted after rejecting a wider aid bill that also included border security provisions. Both drew opposition from former President Donald Trump. Read more from Kaia Hubbard. | 
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