House passes Ukraine aid after months of debate and GOP opposition

[mystery-ak]

House passes Ukraine aid after months of debate and GOP opposition
By
Cami Mondeaux
and
Rachel Schilke
April 20, 2024 1:28 pm
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A bipartisan House passed a massive aid package to Ukraine, ending a monthslong stalemate over whether the United States had the political will to continue funding Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s ongoing invasion.

Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favor of the $60.84 billion package during a rare weekend vote series on Saturday, marking the first Ukraine aid supplemental to pass the lower chamber in months. The bill passed in a 311-112 vote, with Democrats making up the vast majority of support for the supplemental package.

House Democrats erupted in cheers and applause when the bill passed, with several lawmakers waving Ukrainian flags on the floor. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) later reprimanded those lawmakers, noting it’s a violation of House rules to wave flags on the House floor.

The Ukraine bill allocates billions of dollars to replenish defense weapons and services provided to the wartorn country as it continues to stave off an invasion from Russia for over two years. The bill includes $11.3 billion to maintain U.S. military operations in the region as well as another $13.8 billion to secure advanced weapons systems and other defense services.

The legislation also includes a requirement for other foreign allies to participate in cost-matching programs and mandates a repayment agreement with the Ukrainian government.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/2973096/house-approves-foreign-aid-package/

[mystery-ak]

The Israel aid Bill will pass too!

[mystery-ak]

This Bill will be included with the aid Bills

House passes revised TikTok ban and sanctions on Iran in national security bill
By
Cami Mondeaux
April 20, 2024 1:18 pm
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The House overwhelmingly passed a national security supplemental package that combines multiple pieces of legislation seeking to bolster U.S. security as well as force sanctions on Iran after an attack on Israel last weekend.

Lawmakers voted 360-58 to advance the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act, one of the bills in Speaker Mike Johnson’s four-pronged foreign aid package being voted on by the House on Saturday. The other three bills provide funds to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, while the fourth bill focused solely on strengthening U.S. national security.

“In order to truly confront the generational threat posed by the unholy alliance of Russia, China, and Iran, we need to make substantive policy changes in addition to providing critical security assistance to our partners and investing in our defense industrial base,” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said in a statement ahead of the vote. “The time to pass this is now — we cannot wait anymore.”

The legislation includes a number of bills that had already garnered support from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, including a revised TikTok clampdown that passed the lower chamber last month but stalled in the Senate.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/2973092/house-passes-revised-tiktok-ban-national-security-bill/

[kevindavis007]

Good News!

[mountaineer]

These clowns are living in the wrong country. Congress members wave Ukraine flags in the United States House after they approve another $61 *billion* in military aid for Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1781756256132485324

[libertybele]

Good News!

Why?  Our borders remain open. That money could have been used to secure the border.  Why our we securing Ukraine and not the U.S.A. ??   

[libertybele]

These clowns are living in the wrong country. Congress members wave Ukraine flags in the United States House after they approve another $61 *billion* in military aid for Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1781756256132485324

 

[christian]

Thank god Biden is in office to save us from the evil Trump, EH?  OUR PEOPLE COMMONLY LIVE ON THE STREETS now, WHILE FOREIGNERS WALLOW IN billions!
 

[mountaineer]

Patrick Webb
@RealPatrickWebb
BREAKING: CIA Director William Burns  secretly flew to Kyiv to warn President Zelensky that Washington was aware of his personal corruption and his unwillingness to remove any of the dozens of officials known to be deeply involved in diverting defense funds to personal accounts. Washington expressed anger due to Zelensky taking too large of a cut, according to Seymour Hersh.
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9:15 PM · Apr 20, 2024

Patrick Webb
@RealPatrickWebb
The U.S. government is considering sending additional military advisers to the embassy in Kyiv to help advise the Ukrainian government and military, according to the Pentagon.
10:15 PM · Apr 20, 2024

[kevindavis007]

Thank god Biden is in office to save us from the evil Trump, EH?  OUR PEOPLE COMMONLY LIVE ON THE STREETS now, WHILE FOREIGNERS WALLOW IN billions!
 

So you want big Government?

[kevindavis007]

Womp Womp

[mountaineer]

It's difficult for the simple-minded to grasp, perhaps, but one can oppose the idea of the U.S. handing out tens of billions of American dollars (that we don't even have)* to another country without said opposition equating to support for any of that country's enemies.

*We're deeply in debt to China so that we can hand out goodies to Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel, just about every African country, Haiti, you name it. That makes such perfect sense. 

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Why?  Our borders remain open. That money could have been used to secure the border. 

No, it couldn't have been.

Why our we securing Ukraine and not the U.S.A. ??   

Because 1) the Democrats in the Senate refuse to pass HB 2, and Biden refuses to sign it, and 2) Biden refuses to use powers already at his disposal to provide better border security.  Even if we did allocate more money for the border, Biden would use it for resettlement rather than securing the actual border.

House Republican leadership cannot change that, and they have tried.  The core problem is that the open border mindset within the Democratic party is too strong, it controls both the Senate and Presidency, and nothing can change that except an election.

Seems like a lot of people don't want to address that reality.

[massadvj]

This will change nothing. We are stuck in yet another completely avoidable quagmire. Ultimately, Russia will end up with what was negotiated years ago, and we will have paid for hundreds of thousands of needless deaths.

The political pushback on this will come in November.

[dfwgator]

No, it couldn't have been.

Because 1) the Democrats in the Senate refuse to pass HB 2, and Biden refuses to sign it, and 2) Biden refuses to use powers already at his disposal to provide better border security.  Even if we did allocate more money for the border, Biden would use it for resettlement rather than securing the actual border.

House Republican leadership cannot change that, and they have tried.  The core problem is that the open border mindset within the Democratic party is too strong, it controls both the Senate and Presidency, and nothing can change that except an election.

Seems like a lot of people don't want to address that reality.

You think only Democrats want open borders?

[mountaineer]

Tell us you're an idiot, Rep. Connolly, without expressly stating, "I am an idiot."
"The Ukranian-Russian border is our border!"
- Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Virginia, 11th District.

https://twitter.com/Brick_Suit/status/1782062370996797658

[Right_in_Virginia]

https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1782111687622992205

[libertybele]

Tell us you're an idiot, Rep. Connolly, without expressly stating, "I am an idiot."
"The Ukranian-Russian border is our border!"
- Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Virginia, 11th District.

https://twitter.com/Brick_Suit/status/1782062370996797658

Yes, you ARE an idiot Connolly!!

[Right_in_Virginia]

"The melodramatic pontificating continues with Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA). "Some say, well, we have to deal with our border first," bellows Connolly. "The Ukrainian Russian border is OUR border!"

Who knew?!? It's basically like the border between Virginia and Maryland" (Video)

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1781679934605271252

[kevindavis007]

Reagan would have supported Ukraine


https://twitter.com/RepNateMoran/status/1781751020357304816?t=codTcfbZRaXgrSbX0XeB5A&s=19

[Right_in_Virginia]

Womp Womp

Mollie
@MZHemingway

If you send hundreds of billions of US taxpayer funds to fight the elites’ lengthy proxy wars, you’re a great American. If you want to address the policy goals of struggling Americans, you are a Russian stooge. Such idiotic discourse among some.

12:17 PM · Apr 21, 2024

[Right_in_Virginia]

Reagan would have supported Ukraine


https://twitter.com/RepNateMoran/status/1781751020357304816?t=codTcfbZRaXgrSbX0XeB5A&s=19

You have no idea what Reagan would do today.

[Right_in_Virginia]

[Fishrrman]

You're not going to like this post.

I'd like to see the Russians WIN and get it over with.
Yup, I said it.

The Ukranians should have invited the Russians to negotiate early on just after they had bloodied the bear's nose quite a bit. They MIGHT HAVE gotten a better deal than they're going to get now. And a good part of their nation wouldn't have been destroyed in the process.

Now, all that's in the Ukrainian future is a negotiation on Russian terms, or worse, loss of the entire country.

I told you that you weren't going to like this post.
But I call 'em as I see 'em.
And that's the only outcome I see down the road here.

[GtHawk]

Yes, you ARE an idiot Connolly!!

Well, if that's true let's send all these M'Fkn ILLEGALS to Ukraine, they might be useful there.