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[Shtinamin_]

Ryuu96 said:

Shtinamin_ said:

Is this bill the "border bill". Because the President already has the power to close the border at any time. Hence the need to not sign. (There's more in there but thats the only thing I notice why they wont sign)
If its not, then whats in the bill, because enough people in the House read it and didn't like it. There's something in it they dont like. It at least considers giving it a looksee.

It's not the border bill, that was already rejected (despite being very Conservative).

It's the foreign aid bill (for Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel).

The Republicans originally demanded that the Democrats attach the border bill to the foreign aid bill because they knew Democrats would cave to their border demands in order to get the foreign aid bill passed, then they suddenly changed their minds and demanded the border bill be separated from the foreign aid bill (wasting everyone's time, especially Ukrainians lives) then they outright rejected the pretty right wing border bill.

Now Mike is refusing to put the foreign aid bill to a vote in House, despite it already passing Senate and despite the fact that it WOULD pass House, the only one who is holding things up is Mike.

This is what's in the Foreign Aid Bill, from giving it a quick glance.

• ~$60B to support Ukraine
  • ~$14B to allow Ukraine to rearm itself purchasing weapons and munitions (goes back to US)
  • ~$15B to military training and intelligence sharing
  • ~$8B to help Ukraine have basic government operation prohibiting pensions
  • ~$1.6B to help Ukraine’s private sector
  • ~$480M to help Ukrainian’s displaced by war
  • ~$20B goes somewhere I guess
• ~$14.1B to support Israel & US military operations in the region
  • ~$4B to boost Israel’s air defenses
  • ~$1.2B for Iron Beam
  • ~$2.5B to support US military operations in the region
  • ~$6.4B goes somewhere I guess
• ~$9.2B Humanitarian Assistance to provide food, water, shelter, and medical care to Palestinians, Ukrainian and other civilians caught in war zones.
• >$8B to support key partners in the Info-Pacific and deter Chinese government aggression
  • ~$1.9B to replenish US weapons for Taiwan
  • ~$3.3B to build more US-made subs to support Australia and UK
  • ~$2.8B goes somewhere I guess
• ~$400M for a grant program to help nonprofits and places of worship make security enhancements and protect them from hate crimes. Target sanctions on criminal organizations involved with the production of fentanyl.
• Strips US funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
  • serves over 5.6 million Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, West Bank and East Jerusalem, employing over 30,000 people.

*edit: fixed $9.2B placement, added left over amounts not accounted for, added US stripped funding for UNRWA

Last edited by Shtinamin_ - on 28 February 2024