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New US aid for Ukraine by year-end seems increasingly of out reach as GOP ties it to border security
AP via Yahoo ^ | December 9th, 2023 | STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO

Posted on 12/09/2023 4:38:01 PM PST by Mariner

WASHINGTON (AP) — A deal to provide further U.S. assistance to Ukraine by year-end appears to be increasingly out of reach for President Joe Biden. The impasse is deepening in Congress despite dire warnings from the White House about the consequences of inaction as Republicans insist on pairing the aid with changes to America's immigration and border policies.

After the Democratic president said this past week he was willing to “make significant compromises on the border,” Republicans quickly revived demands that they had earlier set aside, hardening their positions and attempting to shift the negotiations to the right, according to a person familiar with the talks who was not authorized to publicly discuss them and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The latest proposal, from the lead GOP negotiator, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., came during a meeting with a core group of senators before they left Washington on Thursday afternoon. It could force the White House to consider ideas that many Democrats will seriously oppose, throwing new obstacles in the difficult negotiations.

Biden is facing the prospect of a cornerstone of his foreign policy — repelling Russian President Vladimir Putin from overtaking Ukraine — crumbling as U.S. support for funding the war wanes, especially among Republicans. The White House says a failure to approve more aid by year's end could have catastrophic consequences for Ukraine and its ability to fight.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border; foreignaid; security; ukraine; welfare
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To: Williams

Debate about foreign policy is one thing. A site overrun by blatant anti American pro Globohomo propagsndists is another.

If this is the best NeoCons can offer, it’s over.


61 posted on 12/09/2023 10:20:42 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: adorno

I wouldn’t be so sure of that. It’s easy to mistake actual avid support across the US for the UKR money sinkhole being real if you just look at the stuff posted here relentlessly by a very few people.

In my daily life, I don’t hear anybody talking about how we need to be saving Ukraine, frankly.


62 posted on 12/09/2023 10:33:35 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: Reverend Wright; Williams
Hate to tell you, but it's over...period.

Our debt is at 33 trillion, and as predicted by me and others, interest on the debt now exceeds the defense budget. We'll be at 40 trillion in a couple of years, and the interest on the debt will be twice the defense budget.

Neither party has the ability to rein in federal spending, they're going to grift for all they're worth until we hit that fiscal wall.

63 posted on 12/09/2023 10:33:43 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: House Atreides

64 posted on 12/09/2023 10:45:16 PM PST by 4Liberty
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To: Night Hides Not
Depending on future rates, interest payments on the debt could reach a whopping $2 trillion per year by the end of the decade, consuming close to 30 percent of all federal tax revenue — and also forcing the government to borrow more just to pay off current bondholders.

I propose we do nothing about it. Until the Democrats are forced to act on the issue. So we'll kick the can down the road.

65 posted on 12/09/2023 10:57:07 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Night Hides Not

” Neither party has the ability to rein in federal spending, they’re going to grift for all they’re worth until we hit that fiscal wall. “


They are all like the corrupt executives of a failing corporation who are doing asset stripping and value extraction before the true financial condition is exposed.


66 posted on 12/09/2023 11:04:05 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: CapandBall

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67 posted on 12/09/2023 11:11:20 PM PST by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accoountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter )
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To: wildcard_redneck
"Kiev, as in “Chicken Kiev”.”"

Wrong, you Soviet, Communist-loving Putin Puffer™! It's "Kyiv" as in the Glorious Victorious Ghost Of Chicken Kyiv™

Get it right, you Putin propagandist!

Here is a picture, suitable for framing, of The Ghost warming up his mighty aeroplane on his way to killing Hitler V. Putin! All Glory To the Ghost!

GOK

68 posted on 12/10/2023 2:06:47 AM PST by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: Williams
"I’ll tell you what has lost. Free Republic has lost. Debate about foreign policy is one thing. A site overrun by blatant anti American pro Russian propagsndists is another. If this is the best conservatism can offer, it’s over."

Andddddd. . . with that typical, spitting, seething, immensely idiotic Youkazoidal comment you once again win the "coveted" Youcrayno the Clown!!!™ award. Congratulations, once again!

Youcrayno

69 posted on 12/10/2023 2:15:21 AM PST by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: Mariner
New US aid for Ukraine by year-end seems increasingly of out reach

Excellent!

Starve Nazi Ukraine.

70 posted on 12/10/2023 5:50:25 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Williams; Kazan
A site overrun by blatant anti American pro Russian propagsndists is another.

Do you Nazi how desperate and corrupt NeoCon Warmongering scum are, even from the inside?

71 posted on 12/10/2023 6:17:45 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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