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McConnell urges quick action on emergency defense spending package
The Hill ^ | 10/20/23 4:47 PM ET | BY ALEXANDER BOLTON

Posted on 10/20/2023 9:37:22 PM PDT by RandFan

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday urged his Senate colleagues to move quickly on legislation to send military aid to Israel and Ukraine and to counter China’s ambitions in the Indo-Pacific, warning of “an increasingly coordinated challenge from powerful adversaries.”

McConnell said the Senate would review the $100 billion emergency spending request Biden sent to Congress Friday and craft its own package “in the coming days.”

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The Senate GOP leader will make a rare appearance on “Fox News Sunday” and CBS’s “Face the Nation” this weekend to discuss why the United States must stand firmly with Israel and Congress must address other national security priorities.

McConnell released his statement after one of his allies, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), declared Biden’s $100 billion national security request as currently drafted “dead on arrival.”

Biden on Friday formally requested $61 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for military aid to Israel and another $14 billion to deal with hundreds of thousands of migrants who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.

Cotton flagged several elements of Biden’s proposal that will meet stiff opposition from Republicans on Capitol Hill, including $3.5 billion to address the needs of civilians in Gaza and $11.8 million to fund Ukraine’s non-military needs.

He also objected to $4.7 billion requested by the White House to provide transportation, housing and other services to migrants who have come into the country from Mexico.

The Arkansas senator said “Senate Republicans will take the lead on crafting a funding bill that protects Americans and their interests.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arrestmcconnell; coupaccomplice; militarycontractor; mitchmcconnell; rinosedition; thief; traitor; ukrainelobbyist
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To: jz638
Kind of makes me want to see this house speaker thing drag on forever.

Yup. The best thing government can do for the American People is nothing. Nothing at all.

41 posted on 10/21/2023 5:52:32 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: RandFan

Doesn’t he have enough money YET???


42 posted on 10/21/2023 5:57:23 AM PDT by SMARTY (“Libhttps://freerepublic.com/focus/f-cheralism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
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To: RandFan

All appropriations starts in the HOR. Period. The senate cannot get around this. Right now, we have no functioning Government.


43 posted on 10/21/2023 6:02:48 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: RandFan

44 posted on 10/21/2023 6:05:12 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DownInFlames

Right now, we have no functioning Government.

GOOD!


45 posted on 10/21/2023 6:06:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: RandFan

Yeah a bunch of Bureaucrats around the world have mansion payments to make..


46 posted on 10/21/2023 6:13:12 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: RandFan

How much PORK is included ?


47 posted on 10/21/2023 6:17:00 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: RandFan

What’s your cut, Mitch?


48 posted on 10/21/2023 6:42:07 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: RandFan

McConnell is scum.
If R’s had decency this crap would be filibustered and never receive a vote.
We need a speaker who will not allow this crap.
Nu i don’t think we’ll get one


49 posted on 10/21/2023 7:12:16 AM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: eyedigress

LOL!


50 posted on 10/21/2023 7:57:00 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: SharpRightTurn

My thoughts exactly.


51 posted on 10/21/2023 7:59:46 AM PDT by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: RandFan

Democrats and republicans don’t give a damn about the AMERICAN PEOPLE.

WE SHOULD NIT BE SENDING MONEY TO PALESTINE PERIOD.


52 posted on 10/21/2023 8:26:53 AM PDT by Pearfect
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To: RandFan

Lobbyists real in big fish McConnell.


53 posted on 10/21/2023 8:45:48 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: RandFan
$4.7 billion requested by the White House to provide transportation, housing and other services to migrants who have come into the country from Mexico.

Biden let them in; he needs to ask for funds to expel them, not feed them. The DNC has $$$; Chief-showers-with-daughter can ask them to feed the invaders.

54 posted on 10/21/2023 8:57:00 AM PDT by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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To: RideForever

$4.7 Billion is four Thousand seven hundred times one million dollars. Evenly distributed, that would be 94 payouts of one million dollars to every state. This is ridiculous. The politicos in Washington act like 1 billion = 2 million instead of 1000 million


55 posted on 10/21/2023 9:23:45 AM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: RandFan

McConnell said the Senate would review the $100 billion emergency spending request Biden sent to Congress Friday and craft its own package “in the coming days.”

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It’s amazing how rapidly our POS leadership can react when they perceive that their donors’ financial assets are at stake.


56 posted on 10/21/2023 10:50:03 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: SaveFerris

Highly illustrative of the Problem!

Too bad not a single person on FOX can figure it out

Thanks!


57 posted on 10/21/2023 12:52:45 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Hi Impeachment is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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