Even though it was the Republicans who torpedoed a bipartisan deal, that agreed to mostly Republican terms because Trump made a concerted, public effort to stymie it. And they ran on it in NY-03 and lost quite spectacularly.
It still is a bipartisan deal, the Reds have subjected it to conditions.
Except they have been losing up and down the ballot in most gubernatorial, congressional, and state assembly-level elections since 2021, their local/state party units are in utter mess, and the RNC is running around like a headless chicken.
So, yes, that's the point. They want a win before coming to power. Particularly on immigration, 'cause it's becoming a problem even in Blue cities.
The reason is simple. Pretty much all of the US objectives for the war have been met. I guess the only one they couldn't manage was getting India on its side, but controlling oil prices was enough of a consolation prize there.
Russia is unlikely to take away or are uninterested in taking away all of Ukraine, which means the US will continue to maintain a foothold in the region, which will now become highly militarized, further favoring their presence. They brought multiple countries in Eastern and Northern Europe completely into their fold at the expense of Western Europe. They have managed to completely isolate Russia from Europe, one of the biggest objectives, and tied Russia into a blood feud with a neighbor, the same as India. And Western Europe's industry is pretty much cooked.
Now that Russia's recruitment and MIC have caught up with the demands of the war, any further release of funds is only meant to delay the inevitable. So is there interest in just getting more troops killed on both sides? Can the UAF achieve their objectives after having peaked long ago? Is it only to keep Zelensky alive? Are the only objectives left political rather than military?
People may have this misguided belief that the US is aiming for a Ukrainian victory.
So, if all the necessary objectives have been met and Ukraine will survive the war, then local politics will naturally take the forefront of policy-making once again in the US.