Posted on 02/08/2024 12:41:34 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
The Senate overwhelmingly voted Thursday to start work on a $95 billion spending bill that would provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan — one day after it formally killed off a larger bill that included $20 billion in border security spending.
The 67-32 vote included “yeas” from 17 Republicans while Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was the only “nay” from the Democratic conference.
A final vote on the legislation is not expected until next week as senators begin the lengthy process of negotiating which amendments will be voted on as part of the final package.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called Thursday’s vote “a good first step.”
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IF Biden will give the House some sort of plan or mission statement and allow it to add provisions for better accounting of monies sent (most of the billions sent are in the form of largish old weapons), the aid would pass the House easily. Mike Johnson himself has indicated his own support for such a bill, even before he became Speaker.
Myself, I would also insist in cuts in our incredibly bloated and harmful in many instances domestic budget.
Whether or not Biden, even pumped up with meds, is any longer capable of presenting some sort of plan, even a general plan reading off the teleprompter, and then taking some questions on it, without cratering like he did last night, is doubtful.
You have posted an interesting, informative link. It has a number of charts, graphs and maps showing who is giving how much and from where to help Ukraine win. I hope someone with better computer skills than mine can transfer thees pieces of information to other threads where appropriate and useful.
Yep but our Gov is not interested in doing anything to MAGA.
PERIOD!
*Sigh*
This is a link to this thread:
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Copy and paste it to other threads.
Right click on the above link and hit Copy.
Then go to any other thread and right click in the Reply area and hit Paste.
Put my handle in the “to” field so I can see the threads you post the link to.
Thanks for the info, but I don’t see a Copy or a Paste key on my laptop.
Also what part of this thread is it that you want people to see?
Meet The Republican Senators Who Lied About Prioritizing Border Security Over Ukraine Funding - In their own words...
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