Republican lawmakers praised Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman after he indicated he might support a Republican-backed border bill in exchange for Ukraine funds.

Fetterman told FOX News Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram on Thursday that he was prepared to vote for HR2. border security bill It passed the House in May but stalled in the Democratic-controlled Senate. according to To Mediaite.

Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee congratulated the Pennsylvania freshman on Twitter.

“If John Fetterman gets HR2 across the finish line and helps us achieve true border security, I'm going to shave my head in solidarity,” Lee said of Fetterman's own shaved head. he tweeted while touching his head. “Hey, he can even hold clippers.”

The bill would fund construction of a border wall, increase investment in border security technology, impose limits on the asylum system and expedite the removal of certain illegal immigrants.

if @JohnFetterman Help you cross the finish line in HR 2 and achieve true border security. I band together and shave my head again.

Heck, he can even hold clippers. https://t.co/heD6FLsZew

— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) March 1, 2024

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is also excited about the Democratic senators' stance on the bill, telling Pergram on Thursday that he was “glad” to see Fetterman break with Democrats. .

“The new and improved Mr. Fetterman can wear whatever he wants, as long as he keeps talking like that,” Roy told Fox News' Congressional Correspondent, adding that Fetterman defies the Senate's dress code. Mr. Mann's efforts to date have drawn attention. “I'm glad to see him saying, 'There are some provisions in HR 2 that are actually helpful.'

Republican Texas Rep. Roy says he agrees with most of HR2 on Fetterman: The new and improved Fetterman can wear whatever he wants as long as he keeps talking like that… “Hey, HR2 has a lot of things in it. I'm glad to see him talking about 'there are some clauses that will actually do the job.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) February 29, 2024

pergram I have written Fetterman reportedly told him, “I support most of HR2, except for the part that ends DACA.” He wants a “big deal” on border security tied to international aid, he said. He says he wants a “stronger” bill than the bipartisan bill passed earlier this winter. ” (RELATED: 'Given me hope': Fox & Friends host gives rare praise to Fetterman for slamming leftists)

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an Obama administration policy that protects undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children from deportation.

A border security bill supported by Democrats and the White House failed to gain enough Republican support and died in the Senate in February, but House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, said the bill had a majority Republican majority. He said that in the House of Representatives, which holds a majority of seats, the bill would have been “killed on arrival''. .

Former President Donald Trump also opposed the bill. “We already have the right to close our borders right now, and only a fool or a radical left-wing Democrat would vote for this horrible border bill that only gives us the power to close after 5,000 encounters in a day.” he wrote. On Truth Social on February 5th post.

of law A combination of border policy and foreign aid would have allocated $60 billion to Ukraine and $14 billion to Israel.