Senate Republicans block funding bill that included aid for Ukraine and Israel

[CharlieH]

 

Congress unlikely to approve more funding for Ukraine before end of year after GOP demanded stricter border regulations

 

 

The Senate has blocked a supplemental funding bill that included financial aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as well as provisions aimed at bolstering border security. The vote, which fell mostly along party lines, increases the likelihood that Congress will fail to approve more funding for Ukraine before the end of the year, as the White House has warned that Kyiv is desperately in need of more aid.

The vote was 49 to 51, as every Senate Republican opposed advancing the legislation. Sixty votes were needed to take up the bill. Republicans in both chambers of Congress had demanded stricter border regulations in exchange for their support, and they said the bill failed to meet their requirements.

 

The vote came one day after Senate Democrats formally unveiled the $111bn supplemental security bill, reflecting the funding request that Joe Biden issued in October to provide assistance to the US’s allies abroad.

Ahead of the vote, Biden delivered an address to urge Congress to pass the bill, warning that a failure to act would only benefit Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, in the war against Ukraine.

“Who is prepared to walk away from holding Putin accountable for this behavior? Who among us is really prepared to do that?” Biden said. “I’m not prepared to walk away, and I don’t think the American people are either.”

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, addressed leaders of the G7 group of nations and called on them to confound Vladimir Putin by winning “the battle of motivations” and not showing weakness.

The G7 leaders met by video at short notice in a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian leader that included trying to breathe new life into the sanctions against Russia.

 

 

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[Tug]

That’s our republicans doing Putin’s bidding via fealty to trump it’s disgraceful. They are using the guise of funding a wall along the entire border instead of legislating  laws to give the feds the power to in force border security 

[Danderman123]

The GOP opposed border funding in the bill.

[spidermike007]

I like the idea of opposing additional funding for Israel they just don't need it they're going to commit genocide let them do it on their own however Ukraine is a different story and so is Taiwan. Standing up to King Vlad and Xi are important steps. 

[kennw]

4 hours ago, Tug said:

That’s our republicans doing Putin’s bidding via fealty to trump it’s disgraceful. They are using the guise of funding a wall along the entire border instead of legislating  laws to give the feds the power to in force border security 

So much for the USA reputation and often promoted bastion  of democracy. Why should any Asian country side with the USA for its security now? The door is now wide open for China. And its trade deals.  

[kennw]

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

I like the idea of opposing additional funding for Israel they just don't need it they're going to commit genocide let them do it on their own however Ukraine is a different story and so is Taiwan. Standing up to King Vlad and Xi are important steps. 

Taiwan producer of 80% of the world's chips, watch what happens when USA gets it own production up and running. Loyalty, protecting democracy? The denial of funding to Ukraine give you the answer.

[IAMHERE]

Simple solution; break it into two separate bills.

[Wrwest]

4 hours ago, Tug said:

That’s our republicans doing Putin’s bidding via fealty to trump it’s disgraceful. They are using the guise of funding a wall along the entire border instead of legislating  laws to give the feds the power to in force border security 

Again, I see we agree. I certainly support the needed military and humanitarian assistance. That said, a serious Congressional overhaul of immigration policies is long overdue. Sadly, I am not seeing any serious addressing of the issue that both parties have kicked down the road for decades.

[Wrwest]

2 minutes ago, IAMHERE said:

Simple solution; break it into two separate bills.

No simple solution. Separate bills still does not present us with a comprehensive overhaul of US immigration policies and the Republicans will not agree to further aid to Ukraine … they will ride the “taxpayers money going to aid foreigners when further tax cuts are needed for Americans” (without noting the target of any tax cuts circa 2017.

[Wrwest]

42 minutes ago, kennw said:

So much for the USA reputation and often promoted bastion  of democracy. Why should any Asian country side with the USA for its security now? The door is now wide open for China. And its trade deals.  

Although not limited to Asian countries. We have abandoned democratic reform efforts for a long time.

[Jingthing]

US Republicans make me sick.

[RocketDog]

On 12/7/2023 at 1:01 PM, Jingthing said:

US Republicans make me sick.

Just wait until they gut social security and Medicare. Then getting sick could become a fatal mistake.