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passed it The $95 billion foreign aid package passed on a 70-29 vote Tuesday morning after opponents ran out of time with an all-night filibuster.
The bill passed the floor with the help of 18 Republican senators.
encourage gratitude From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s fate in parliament is by no means certain.
House Democrats have vowed to exhaust all options to pass the bill, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has vowed to ensure the bill does not survive, at least in its current form. Indicated.
Bill passed
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (New York)
was suggested It claims the foreign aid package will serve as a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin of the United States’ commitment “to our NATO allies.”
“With this national security bill, the Senate provides a commitment to Ukrainians in need of supplies, innocent Palestinian civilians in need of relief, Israelis in need of assistance, and U.S. service members on patrol in the Indo-Pacific. Protect the ocean and the world.”
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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the top Republican sponsor of the bill, said it would use foreign aid to ensure that America’s allies have enough troops to spare American troops from going to war. argued that it was a problem.
“We are not equipping the brave men and women of Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan with lethal capabilities in order to win philanthropic accolades.”
Said Senate Republican Leader. “We do it because it is in our own interest. We are equipping our friends to face a common enemy, and we are putting American lives on the line to defeat them.” You will have to spend less.”
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who led the failed speech filibuster, said:
was suggested He said House Republicans are “more conservative than most Republicans in this group” and will ultimately kill the bill. characteristic as “a middle finger to every working man, woman, and every struggling family in America.”
The previous bill would have put the amount at $118 billion and included $20.23 billion for U.S. border security.
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) recognized that it would do little to ensure border security;
Admitted “The border will never close” under the proposed plan, House Republicans said, stressing that the bill would be dead on arrival and urging the Senate to go back to square one.
The Senate reorganized the foreign aid bill to allocate no additional funds to the Department of Homeland Security’s border patrol operations. However, $60 billion has been allocated to Ukraine and $14.1 billion to Israel. It will also provide $9.2 billion worth of humanitarian aid, including in Gaza and the West Bank, and nearly $4.8 billion in funding to U.S. partners in the Indo-Pacific.
report CNN.
according to The funds earmarked by Ukraine include $14 billion for the beleaguered country to rearm through the purchase of weapons and munitions, the AP told The Associated Press. $15 billion for military support services. $1.6 billion to Ukraine’s private sector. and $8 billion to fund the Ukrainian government. An additional $480 million will be allocated for Ukrainians displaced by the war.
Of the funds the Senate wants to direct to Israel, $4 billion will go toward strengthening the country’s air defenses. $1.2 billion would fund iron beam laser weapon systems. And $2.5 billion will support U.S. operations in the region.
As for Taiwan, the Senate will ask for $1.9 billion to replenish arms stocks and $3.3 billion to add U.S. submarines.
death in the house
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has indicated that the policy will soon die in the House.
A few hours before the bill was passed, Prime Minister Johnson
I got it. “From the beginning of debate, House Republicans have been clear that the so-called National Security Supplement Act must recognize that national security begins at our own borders,” the statement said.
“The Senate did the right thing last week by rejecting the Ukraine-Taiwan-Gaza-Israel-Immigration Act because its border provisions were insufficient. We should have gone back to the drawing board.” That would actually help end the ongoing disaster,” Johnson wrote. “Instead, the Senate’s foreign aid bill is silent on the most pressing issues facing our country.”
Johnson suggested House Republicans needed to take matters into their own hands.
“With no changes to border policy from the House of Lords, the House of Commons will have to continue to take ownership of these important issues,” Johnson said. “America deserves better than what’s going on in the Senate.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York vowed to see the bill pass instead.
“It’s time for Extreme MAGA Republicans and pro-Putin Congressional Caucuses to stop their political stunts and come together in a bipartisan manner to support America’s national security priorities,” Jeffries said.
Said In a statement last week.
“House Democrats stand ready to use every legislative tool available to us to finally pass comprehensive national security legislation,” Jeffries added.
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