The Senate on Tuesday passed a long-delayed $95 billion package with wide bipartisan support after both sides of Capitol Hill have struggled for months to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
The final vote was 79-18. Fifteen Republicans voted with three Democrats against the bill. Forty-eight Democrats and 31 Republicans voted for the bill.
The legislation next goes to President Joe Biden to sign it into law, who said he would sign the package Wednesday. Its passage is a significant victory for the US president, congressional Democrats and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, who long pushed to send aid to Ukraine even as the right wing of his party increasingly soured on support for Kyiv.
Point of Order: in fact, only one of our two political parties has struggled to get this passed, and in only one of our legislative chambers. It was the House Republicans.
And for all the GeNoCiDe JoE jokers out there, Democrats had stipulations on the funding for Israel that Republicans forced them to remove or they wouldn't agree to any of it.
The concessions that were made were funding for Ukraine if we dropped the stipulations on how the Israel aid was used... So they are trying, but yet again the party of "fuck you" stands in the way...
Wow, genocide is expensive huh? Good thing they didn't forget to donate more money towards it, poor Israel was at risk of leaving the Palestinians in peace.
The.US staged military equipment in Poland and Germany a week ago. All they have to do is roll trucks. So don't be surprised if weapons packages are announced and delivered today or tomorrow. The logistics of the US DOD is outstanding.
Honestly, a standalone Ukrainian bill wouldn't have passed the senate, like wise an Israeli bill wouldn't either. Neither by themselves would make it past the 60 vote fillabuster margin, so a compromise was made to throw them all together to get past the fillabuster. This all could have happened way sooner but Trump and the hardliners didn't want the border issue solved.
So according to this logic, two negatives makes a positive? Israel wouldn't deserve funding on its own, nor Ukraine, but together they should? How does that work, exactly? I'm lost.
The legislation next goes to President Joe Biden to sign it into law, who said he would sign the package Wednesday. Its passage is a significant victory for the US president, congressional Democrats and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, who long pushed to send aid to Ukraine even as the right wing of his party increasingly soured on support for Kyiv.
“This vote reinforces America’s role as a beacon of democracy and the leader of the free world,” he said.
definitely not a victory for the US citizens though whose rights and civil liberties are endangered
The Senate on Tuesday passed a long-delayed $95 billion package with wide bipartisan support after both sides of Capitol Hill have struggled for months to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
Its passage is a significant victory for the US president, congressional Democrats and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, who long pushed to send aid to Ukraine even as the right wing of his party increasingly soured on support for Kyiv.
“I will sign this bill into law and address the American people as soon as it reaches my desk tomorrow so we can begin sending weapons and equipment to Ukraine this week,” Biden said.
“This critical legislation will make our nation and world more secure as we support our friends who are defending themselves against terrorists like Hamas and tyrants like Putin,” Biden said.
The House took up the legislation after Johnson bucked conservatives in his party who opposed sending aid to Ukraine and threatened to oust him over his handling of the issue.
The legislation underscores the US’ support for Ukraine, Zelensky said, adding that the aid will bolster the country’s defense and military capabilities on the battlefield.
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