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Article snippet: As one Senate committee’s members appear to have hit a wall in their efforts to craft a bill to fix family separations at the border, a second Senate panel is quietly starting their own negotiations. The new push comes as the politics of family separation legislation has grown increasingly partisan as both sides seize on the issue to fire up their bases heading into the November midterm elections, where the control of Congress hangs in the balance. Johnson is convening members of his committee Wednesday to start talks aimed at finding a bipartisan starting point for a new round of negotiations. “We’re holding a meeting … to first kind of lay out the goals, find out what we can agree on. Let’s make sure we all agree on the facts. If we don’t, try to reconcile the disagreements and then move forward in a problem-solving type of process,” Johnson told The Hill on Tuesday. He also circulated a memo to members of the panel outlining a potential pathway for legislation, which would allow families to be detained together as their cases get worked through the legal system, authorize more immigration judges and prioritize the adjudication of the cases. “It is said that one eats an elephant one bite at time. As recent history proves, the problems surrounding immigration are complex and difficult to tackle. I suggest we focus on this one issue, family separation versus ‘catch and release’, and attempt to take one bite out of the immigration and border security debate,” ... Link to the full article to read more