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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Yup. The best thing government can do for the American People is nothing. Nothing at all.
Doesn’t he have enough money YET???
All appropriations starts in the HOR. Period. The senate cannot get around this. Right now, we have no functioning Government.
Right now, we have no functioning Government.
GOOD!
Yeah a bunch of Bureaucrats around the world have mansion payments to make..
How much PORK is included ?
What’s your cut, Mitch?
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
LOL!
My thoughts exactly.
Democrats and republicans don’t give a damn about the AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WE SHOULD NIT BE SENDING MONEY TO PALESTINE PERIOD.
Lobbyists real in big fish McConnell.
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.
$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
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.
Highly illustrative of the Problem!
Too bad not a single person on FOX can figure it out
Thanks!
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