House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing for a House vote this weekend to send tens of billions of dollars overseas.
The $95 billion bill provides aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and other U.S. allies. Johnson (R-Los Angeles) posted on X that the bill will be split into a separate vote.
Johnson reportedly texted other House members that “the text of the three bills would provide funding for U.S. national security interests and allies in Israel, the Indo-Pacific and Ukraine.”
The fourth vote will consider loans to Ukraine, a possible nationwide ban on TikTok, new sanctions on Iran and measures that would allow the president to seize frozen Russian assets and use them to fund Ukraine’s war.
“We’ve passed the Senate supplemental bill, we’ve improved procedures and policies, and that’s a very important thing,” Johnson said. “Each member can vote according to their conscience.”
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Rand Paul slams Mike Johnson’s aid package
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) criticized the foreign aid program on social media. He declared it a “single-party” effort that puts “America last.”
“Speaker Johnson and Fine Gael are united in laying out a list of terrible ideas,” he wrote. “From China borrowing $95 billion from other countries to eliminating FISA authorization requirements – they are meeting all the conditions to put the United States last.”
Paul detailed the details of the bill in a follow-up post. These points have many Americans wondering why no one in Washington seems to care. Why don’t they care that our own citizens can’t afford gas and groceries?this mega Illegal immigrants are pouring in our boundary?
The entire package is shipped to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region. Most of that, nearly 64%, went to Ukraine, which is already a major beneficiary of U.S. taxpayer funds.
“What did the American people get?” Paul then offered Speaker Mike Johnson an aid package he supported. “Inflation and open borders.”
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Biden is excited
President Biden is actually eager for a chance to sign the aid package being pushed by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
“I strongly support this plan to provide critical support to Israel and Ukraine, deliver much-needed humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians in Gaza, and enhance security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region,” he said.
“I will sign it into law immediately to send a message to the world: We stand with our friends and we will not let Iran or Russia succeed.”
The signs are apparently everywhere. Democrats again seemed pleased with the Republican speaker’s efforts to get things done to meet foreign needs.
Republican lawmakers clearly have an unhealthy obsession with being seen as bipartisan, rather than doing what their voters want.
As Paul said, basically, “What do Americans get?”
Remember when President Trump wanted billions of dollars to build a border wall to keep America safe? The money can easily be dropped into this package. It won’t affect anything and will still be listed as the minimum distribution amount on your bill.
But always, always, always, America comes last and other countries come first. When will it end?
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