House approves $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

[Amethyst]

House Speaker Mike Johnson

 

An additional bill could force the sale of TikTok.

 

The House of Representatives on Saturday passed a series of foreign aid bills that allocate $60.8 billion for Ukraine, $26.4 billion for Israel and $8 billion for Taiwan and other Indo-Pacific allies.

 

Another bill, passed by a vote of 360-58, would force the sale of TikTok and imposes strong sanctions on Iran, China and Russia. An amendment to that bill requires the Treasury Department to submit a report on Iranian assets and sanction exemptions.

 

The four bills will now be sent to the Senate as a package. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Saturday that the Senate will take up the bills on Tuesday afternoon.

 

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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-vote-foreign-aid-bills-ukraine-israel/story?id=109429499

[Amethyst]

Marjorie Taylor Greene's Furious Reaction After Ukraine Aid Passes

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, decried the House of Representatives for passing a Ukraine aid bill on Saturday.

 

As Ukraine continues to fight against the full-scale invasion that Russian President Vladimir Putin launched in February 2022, the United States has proven to be a strong ally to Kyiv, with the House passing a $60.8 billion aid bill on Saturday to help restock its arsenal.

 

After months of U.S. lawmakers urging House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, to take up legislation that would help fund Ukraine, Johnson worked to get it passed in a 311-112 vote.

 

There was some resistance from Republican lawmakers who opposed additional aid to the war-torn nation, with Johnson having to rely on the help of Democrats. In total, 210 Democrats and 101 Republicans voted in favor of the bill, while 112 Republicans voted against it.

 

(more)

 

https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-ukraine-aid-passes-reaction-1892521

 

[Amethyst]

Johnson temporarily dodges ouster vote as House passes foreign aid

Conservative rebels are hoping the week-long recess will build support for their pending effort to boot the speaker

 

Speaker Mike Johnson ultimately succeeded in passing foreign aid Saturday, after months of fierce infighting over sending additional funds to Ukraine.

 

Whether he can survive a looming effort to boot him from the speakership still remains to be seen.

 

Johnson had plowed ahead with the votes to send money to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan despite rising conservative anger — passing every part of the foreign aid plan with widespread Democratic help. Some Republicans are openly entertaining the idea of backing the ouster threat led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), but those already backing the effort opted to wait on triggering the vote. Instead, they indicated members should go back home and hear from their constituents.

 

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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/20/johnson-mvp-house-foreign-aid-00153497

[Amethyst]

 

‘Thank You America!’: Ukraine’s Zelensky and Israel’s Netanyahu hail House passage of $95 billion foreign aid package

 

Kyiv (CNN)  — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu have thanked US lawmakers after they voted in favor of new aid packages for their countries worth billions of dollars.

 

“Thank you, America!” Zelensky wrote on his Telegram on Saturday, shortly after the House of Representatives passed the long-delayed Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act by a vote of 311-112.

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“Thank you friends, thank you America!” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a post on social media, adding that the bill demonstrates “strong bipartisan support for Israel and defends Western civilization.”

 

However, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesperson for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, condemned the aid package for Israel, describing it as a “dangerous escalation” and act of aggression that would lead to more Palestinian casualties in Israel’s war on Hamas.

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/20/world/foreign-aid-bill-ukraine-israel-thank-you-intl-latam/index.html

[Amethyst]

Per Reuters:

 

The vote on passage of the Ukraine funding was 311-112. Significantly, 112 Republicans opposed the legislation, with only 101 in support.

 

The Israel aid was passed 366-58, had 37 Democrats and 21 Republicans in opposition.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-vote-long-awaited-95-billion-ukraine-israel-aid-package-2024-04-20/

 

[G_Money]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nothing-more-backwards-than-us-funding-ukraine-border-security-but-not-our-own-conservatives-say

[Chomper Higgot]

7 minutes ago, G_Money said:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nothing-more-backwards-than-us-funding-ukraine-border-security-but-not-our-own-conservatives-say

Because of course the Republicans didn’t pull the plug on the Bi-Partisan Border Security Bill.

 

 

[G_Money]

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Because of course the Republicans didn’t pull the plug on the Bi-Partisan Border Security Bill.

 

 

the problem started long before then

as in on Biden’s Election Day 

[dhupverg]

4 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Because of course the Republicans didn’t pull the plug on the Bi-Partisan Border Security Bill.

 

 

 

What was the percentage of that bill that went to actual border security instead of overseas and pork?

[candide]

1 hour ago, stats said:

Marjorie Taylor Greene's Furious Reaction After Ukraine Aid Passes

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, decried the House of Representatives for passing a Ukraine aid bill on Saturday.

 

As Ukraine continues to fight against the full-scale invasion that Russian President Vladimir Putin launched in February 2022, the United States has proven to be a strong ally to Kyiv, with the House passing a $60.8 billion aid bill on Saturday to help restock its arsenal.

 

After months of U.S. lawmakers urging House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, to take up legislation that would help fund Ukraine, Johnson worked to get it passed in a 311-112 vote.

 

There was some resistance from Republican lawmakers who opposed additional aid to the war-torn nation, with Johnson having to rely on the help of Democrats. In total, 210 Democrats and 101 Republicans voted in favor of the bill, while 112 Republicans voted against it.

 

(more)

 

https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-ukraine-aid-passes-reaction-1892521

 

So Putin's Special Envoy to the United States Congress is angry! How surprising? 😃

[Jingthing]

10 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Because of course the Republicans didn’t pull the plug on the Bi-Partisan Border Security Bill.

 

 

The trump cultists hope we'll forget. It's a fair bet unfortunately. 

Edited April 21 by Jingthing

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, candide said:

So Putin's Special Envoy to the United States Congress is angry! How surprising? 😃

The more upset that traitor troll clown is, the more you know you're doing something right.

[Jingthing]

8 minutes ago, G_Money said:

the problem started long before then

as in on Biden’s Election Day 

Don't play games.

It was killed because wannabe dictator trump ordered it killed so that he could save the border crisis issue for his campaign. He didn't want to solve it. Trump is a total sleazeball. All about him. Nothing about improving the country.

[Chomper Higgot]

22 minutes ago, dhupverg said:

 

What was the percentage of that bill that went to actual border security instead of overseas and pork?

100% of the bi-partisan bill was trashed when, on Trump’s instruction, the Republicans refused to even debate the bill.

[G_Money]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Don't play games.

It was killed because wannabe dictator trump ordered it killed so that he could save the border crisis issue for his campaign. He didn't want to solve it. Trump is a total sleazeball. All about him. Nothing about improving the country.

Who told you that?  
 

Appears Biden was saving it as a campaign issue after him and his “Border Czar “ did absolutely nothing for three and a half years except open the floodgates at the border.

 

 

Edited April 21 by G_Money

[connda]

 

House Speaker?  Not for long.

[stevenl]

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

The trump cultists hope we'll forget. It's a fair bet unfortunately. 

 

59 minutes ago, G_Money said:

Who told you that?  
 

Appears Biden was saving it as a campaign issue after him and his “Border Czar “ did absolutely nothing for three and a half years except open the floodgates at the border.

 

 

Forgotten or ignored already.

[0ffshore360]

Johnson has the look of a very astute accountant. Hmmm

[KhunLA]

Never ending conflicts for never ending profits, on the backs of US workers, who are struggling.

 

Veterans not being cared for.  Homeless & the hungry living on the streets.   Seems life is better as an illegal immigrant.

 

UP THE REVOLUTION ... 

 

 

[0ffshore360]

The only change in the disparity of relative quality in years of life since the proclaimed defeat of communism and fascist  authoritarianism since ww2 are the flags of sycophantic nations that bow to the flag featuring an endangered eagle.

 

 

[candide]

2 minutes ago, 0ffshore360 said:

The only change in the disparity of relative quality in years of life since the proclaimed defeat of communism and fascist  authoritarianism since ww2 are the flags of sycophantic nations that bow to the flag featuring an endangered eagle.

 

 

Interesting. Do you have statistics about it? 😁

[0ffshore360]

5 minutes ago, candide said:

Interesting. Do you have statistics about it? 😁

I  would  recommend referral to IMF debts.

Alternatively  you could pay me to work  for you but my rates to come out of retirement  will be horrendous !

[candide]

16 minutes ago, 0ffshore360 said:

I  would  recommend referral to IMF debts.

Alternatively  you could pay me to work  for you but my rates to come out of retirement  will be horrendous !

Lol! It's you who made a claim, you need to back it with evidence, not ask other posters to do it for you!

[0ffshore360]

4 minutes ago, candide said:

Lol! It's you who made a claim, you need to back it with evidence, not ask other posters to do it for you!

You say.

Ignore me if you have no intent to verify.

 

[candide]

57 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Never ending conflicts for never ending profits, on the backs of US workers, who are struggling.

 

Veterans not being cared for.  Homeless & the hungry living on the streets.   Seems life is better as an illegal immigrant.

 

UP THE REVOLUTION ... 

 

 

Where are my LSD pills? I forgot where I put them! 😃

[candide]

3 minutes ago, 0ffshore360 said:

You say.

Ignore me if you have no intent to verify.

 

 

Not me, forum rules.

So you have nothing to substantiate your claim. That's what I thought....

Edited April 21 by candide

[Tug]

I rember Winston Churchill saying something about American support during ww2 it went something like…the Americans always do the right thing after exhausting every other possibility first or something like that.I for one (of the majority of Americans) am delighted to see some small bit of resistance to trump from the republicans it is a step in the right direction salva Ukraine 🇺🇦 

[G_Money]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

I rember Winston Churchill saying something about American support during ww2 it went something like…the Americans always do the right thing after exhausting every other possibility first or something like that.I for one (of the majority of Americans) am delighted to see some small bit of resistance to trump from the republicans it is a step in the right direction salva Ukraine 🇺🇦 

Speak for yourself.  Not everyone follows in your beliefs.

 

Can you account for where the millions have gone already or where the billions will ACTUALLY go to?

 

You would think with all the billions he would be able to buy a decent suit instead of trying to look like a front line soldier in his cammos EVERYWHERE he goes.

 

Edited April 21 by stats
unsubstantiated misinformation claim removed

[Tug]

59 minutes ago, G_Money said:

Speak for yourself.  Not everyone follows in your beliefs.

 

Can you account for where the millions have gone already or where the billions will ACTUALLY go to?

 

You would think with all the billions he would be able to buy a decent suit instead of trying to look like a front line soldier in his cammos EVERYWHERE he goes.

 

Well I’m not a military accountant nor a bean counter but as a simple American I can see that the brave Ukrainian people have stopped their neighbor Putin from raping murdering looting stealing their lands and kidnapping their children and threatening the stability of Europe for starters.the brave Ukrainian nation with less than 5% of our defense budget have accomplished this that’s remarkable in my humble opinion.furthermore most of the money will stay right here replacing stores expended for this worthy cause.i also find it amusing and obvious as to whom the posters are in the beginning of the thread desperately trying to change confuse or otherwise derail the thread……..salva Ukraine 🇺🇦 

[Amethyst]

Several off-topic and bickering posts have been removed, along with some unsubstantiated claims.

 

Please stick to commenting on the topic, and not on fellow forum members.