An amendment to the defense funding bill by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to prohibit all military assistance to Ukraine won 93 Republican votes Wednesday, as 126 Republicans and all 213 Democrats voted against it.
The Republican plan that was blocked on Friday would have kept the government open for 30 days and impose drastic cuts across the board to government programs, except for funding for veterans, homeland security and disaster response. It does not include any military or humanitarian aid for Ukraine, and it would direct the homeland security secretary to resume "all activities related to the construction of the border wall" at the southern border that were in place under former President Donald J. Trump.
The defeat left the House in an exceedingly weak position to negotiate with the Senate, which is moving ahead with its own, bipartisan short-term funding plan. That bill would continue spending at current levels for six weeks and provide $6 billion in aid to Ukraine and $6 billion for natural disaster relief at home.
Gaetz is honestly an abhorrent piece of shit.
Lol. At the other plan, no military or humanitarian aid for Ukraine but lets continue building that stupid fucking wall!
This is why we need to hurry up and give Ukraine whatever they need and stop spending months of stupid debate because these piece of shit Republicans are waiting in the woodworks for any excuse to cut the aid off to Ukraine for their idol Putin. Europe needs to step up as well, can never count on the Republicans to do the right thing for too long and we can't rely on America to defend us.
Mitch seems furious but the dude needs to grow a spine and get a handle of his party.
Leave it to a Republican to try to betray an ally though.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 30 September 2023
