Posted on 02/04/2024 7:13:54 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
Sunday released the details of a long-awaited comprehensive border security bill, which also contains a substantial foreign aid component.
The discussions, led by Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Krysten Sinema (I-AZ), and Chris Murphy (D-CT), come after months of negotiations with the Biden regime, seeking to address both the ongoing crisis at the U.S. southern border and foreign policy commitments abroad.
The 370-page deal, according to Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, claims it reflects weeks of good-faith negotiations, balancing domestic concerns with urgent international aid needs.
“As Ukraine runs low on ammunition to fend off Putin’s brutal invasion, it is imperative we finally extend our support,” Murray said in a statement.
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The comprehensive $118.28 billion national security supplemental package, totaling $118.28 billion, allocates a staggering $60.06 billion to Ukraine in response to Russia’s aggressive military actions.
In contrast, U.S. border security efforts are earmarked to receive $20.23 billion. This disparity in funding allocation has raised eyebrows and sparked a debate over the Senate’s priorities at a time when domestic border security challenges persist.
The substantial financial support for Ukraine overshadows the pressing needs at the U.S. southern border. The border has been a hotbed of crisis, with increasing numbers of illegal aliens, a surge in fentanyl trafficking, and ongoing operational challenges for border enforcement agencies.
The $20.23 billion allocated for border security, though significant, falls short of addressing the full scope of the crisis, especially in comparison to the foreign aid being dispensed.
Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, the US has committed over $75 billion in assistance, including $46.3 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.
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With all due respect, even thinking that, going forward, the political system could possibly function to reverse the trajectory our country is now on is naive in the extreme. That's what people of your ilk don't get.
We're past the point of, um, peaceful political resolution of our current problems. Well past. We're not voting ourselves out of this situation. Anyone who's still thinking "Republicans v. Democrats," "elections," "muh Constitution," "the rule of law," or whatever other political panacea they might embrace, has already lost the plot.
What's happening is happening because the people in power want it to be happening. And the people in power aren't going to be surrendering that power peaceably. One needs to come to grips with that reality and then decide for themselves the way forward.
$60 Billion more so a bunch of elderly warhawks can have one last hurrah and relive their Cold War glory days of the 1960’s with a proxy war against Russia
I seem to remember something more like $5 billion, and at the time, I couldn’t believe that Pelousy and others were claiming we couldn’t afford it. But whether it was $5 billion or $20 billion, it’s still peanuts compared to how much those criminals in Congress blow on utterly useless stuff every year. The claim that “it’s too expensive” is absurd.
It is an entirely awful bill with nothing good in it. It signals Dem hubris.
Border security doesn’t need any more money, it needs a new president.
I predict that the House will not kill the the overbloated and massive turd Senate Bill: “The Border Invasion Bill”.
The bill will not even be brought to the House Floor to be considered!!!!
Eggzactly.
Money for border patrol for processing
Money for busses
Money for food stamps, ebt cards, obamaphones, healthcare
Money to take down razor wire and fully open the border.
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