Tonight, the future of t rests with the U.S. Senate, which earlier# today blocked the bipartisan bill to address## immigration and Ukraine funding and now is# frozen while considering what happens next.

GEOFF BENNETT: It follows an# unusual day in the House yesterday,## where GOP leadership lost votes on articles# of impeachment aga Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and a# stand-alone aid package for Israel.

Congressional correspondent Lisa# Desjardins has been watching it all unfold.

So, Lisa, Senate Republicans and five Democrats# blocked that border compromise Se nate.

The day, of course, is not over yet.# Could any part of this compromise survive?

LISA DESJARDINS: That is the question right now.# Democrats are trying to salvage the Ukraine,## Israel and other foreign aid portion of this bill.

But I want to tell you where we are right now# by showing you w at the Senate floor right now.

You can see# almost nothing happening on the Sena staffers there, a few senators in and# out.

And that is because right now we## are waiting to see if Republicans and# Democrats will agree on a way forward.

The question is whether they can actually# get to this Ukraine aid bill.

Senator Schumer## this morning talked to us and said he is# hopeful.

He wants it to pass the Senate,## so that it can put pressure on the House.

SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): The majority# of Republicans in the House want to do Ukraine, they want to do# Israel.

And we hope that it in the Senate that the House# would then rise to the occasion.

The House is in chaos.

It doesn't behoove the## speaker well to block everything because# 30 hard LISA DESJARDINS: Now, if this Ukraine# and foreign aid bill moves forward,## we will break down what's in it in future days.

But, right now, I want to talk about# to harm people's heads and brains with# what happens here in Congress.

But I## want to try and explain the strange# paradox that we are in right now.

First, as you explained, let's take a look,## that there is this block from mostly Senate# on e independent, over the border and# Ukraine funding bill.

Now, so what was next?

Democrats have offered this idea of a# bill without the border policy in it,## just the foreign aid.

But the problem# is that those same Republicans who## are blocking the bigger deal, they want# their own border policy ideas in this.

Essentially, Geoff, what's going on here is that# Republicans don't agree amongst themselves about## what this bill should look like.

Their internal# divides are holding a lot of things up.

Right now,## Senator McConnell, the Republican leader, Senator# Schumer, the Democrat, are trying to work out## if they can just bring up enough different# ideas to the floor to move anything forward.

It is minute by minute, and# it could be a long night.

GEOFF BENNETT: And, Lisa, in the Lower Chamber# yesterday, the the finish line in trying to bring articles# of impeachment against the DHS secretary.

What does it say about their# capacity to pass anything or## to really just govern at the most basic level?

LISA DESJARDINS: An extraordinary sign# that the House actua govern right now under Republicans# doing some of their key priorities.

The impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas was a# priority for House Republicans, last night, they failed on that vote.

Now, it was# dramatic.

House Republicans were surprised when a## Democrat who had been in surgery came to the House# floor.

But if that is the reason that your vote## fails, if you're not counting all the potential# Democratic votes, you have a much larger problem.

Also failed yesterday a bill to fund Israel aid,# and Republicans could not get enough support for## that.

House Speaker Mike Johnson knew that# he had a lot of questions hovering over him,## and he did speak to reporters# about what happened this morning.

REP. MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA): Democracy# is messy.

We live in a time of divided# government.

We have a razor-thin margin# he when you are counting votes and people show up# when they're not expected to be in the building,## it changes the equation.

Again, the process# is messy sometimes, LISA DESJARDINS: Now, what's interesting,# Geoff, is that he told us, the speaker,## that they are committed to bring back the# impeachment of Secretary Bu t we did not get answers on what they plan# to do on the border itself, the crisis there,## or on Ukraine funding.

Now, a senator,# Senator Rick Scott, Republican of Florida,## says he spoke to Mike Johnson and that Mike# Johnson said, a larger aid package is dead.

So there is a lot of confusion, a# lot of questions.

And I will say,## I have a very large capacity, I think, for# covering, let's say, le irrationality.

But this week has given even me# a headache.

And the stakes are incredibly high.

GEOFF BENNETT: Well, how are# voters seeing all of this, Lisa,## all of this chaos and confusion, as yo LISA DESJARDINS: Let's look at# some results from the late NewsHour," NPR and Marist poll over who Now, it may not be a surprise that voters,# registered voters, said it's Republicans,## 42 percent, Democrats 30 percent.

Now, the# next highest category was folks who thought## neither party would handle it better,# 19 percent.

This is important because## the politics here are what's driving# things, especially for Republicans.

They see immigration and the border as# a key issue that is helping them at polls.

However, when you dig down deeper and# ask about approval of members of Congress, let's look at what registered voters said# there.

Who do they approve, Democrats in## Congress better or Republicans in Congress?# Voters feel better about Democrats in Congres Neither, by the way, get a# majority approval.

Democrats## edge out Republicans.

But here's# the important part.

Let's look at## how each party's voters looked at their own# members.

So when you ask Demo do you approve of your Democratic members# of Congress, 77 percent yes.

Look at that.

Republican voters, when asked# about Republicans in Congress,## barely a majority even approves# of members of Congress.

Who do## Republican voters approve of in our survey?# -- 84 percent favorable for Donald Trump.

And that is the problem for Republicans# here.

Their own voters don't really like## them.

Their voters like Donald Trump.# They continue to try and be Donald Trump,## but they're not.

And they're not able to# come up with any formula that works.

And## the result is this legislative# gridlock on very big issues.

GEOFF BENNETT: All right.

That is Lisa# Desjardins breaking it all down for us.

Lisa, thanks so much.

LISA DESJARDINS: You're welc