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Apr 16 2024
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Senate Republicans Once Again Demand Standalone Aid for Israel
Following Iran's attack against Israel over the weekend, Senate Republicans are once again calling for the chamber to take up standalone bills that provide aid to our ally in the Middle East. Just as he's done following the October 7 attack that Hamas perpetrated against Israel, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) called for the Senate to pass such a bill. Considering that the legislation was already
TownhallApr 16 2024
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Mike Johnson takes risk on separating Israel and Ukraine aid
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday unveiled a proposal for sending wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine as he seeks to fend off a right-wing revolt that could put his leadership in peril.
The Louisiana Republican said he plans to put four separate bills on the floor, separating aid for Israel with assistance for Ukraine, which has faced fierce pushback among some members of his
CBS News (Online)Apr 16 2024
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What Johnson told Biden about his aid plan
With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine WHAT THE NATES ARE READING — Poll after poll of the 2024 presidential race has featured a similar shocking and seemingly anomalous finding under the hood: that young voters are abandoning President JOE BIDEN for DONALD TRUMP in droves. Many also show a sharp swing among the elderly toward Biden. Split Ticket’s Lakshya Jain and Giacomo
PoliticoApr 15 2024
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Speaker Johnson Proposes Separate Bills on Israel And Ukraine Aid
This week, the GOP-led House will consider separate bills to provide aid to Israel and Ukraine as well as other foreign causes, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced on Monday. The plan is to take up “national security supplemental legislation on the growing security crises” with a “with a structured and germane amendment process,” Johnson said in a post to X. He listed multiple different
The Daily WireApr 11 2024
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Ukraine Evangelicals Urge Mike Johnson to Vote on Aid
A group representing evangelical Christians in Ukraine is urging House Speaker Mike Johnson to push for a vote to approve billions of dollars in aid to the war-torn country. As lawmakers returned to Washington from a two-week break Monday, Johnson gave no word of any plans for a vote on President Joe Biden's supplemental request for $95.3 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, the Indo-
Newsmax (News)Apr 07 2024
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Speaker Johnson Will Unveil Ukraine Aid Bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has promised to bring up Ukraine aid in the House when Congress returns from recess. However, what the bill will look like remains a mystery, since both parties remain divided on both aid to Ukraine and aid to Israel. Although the Senate passed a bill funding aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan in February, Johnson has said the House will move forward with
Newsmax (News)Apr 17 2024
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Senate conservative tries to meddle in House GOP's foreign aid mess
House Democrats are still digesting Speaker Mike Johnson's four-part foreign aid plan, but are signaling they're open to helping him move it. “Let's make sure everybody gets a chance to see it, socialize the substance of it,” said Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.), chair of the centrist New Democrat Coalition. "It may not look the same, but the pieces of it are the same as the Senate supplemental. So
PoliticoApr 06 2024
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The IDF is supposed to protect aid workers. Aid agencies say the Israeli military has been attacking them for months.
The killing of seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen may mark a turning point in support for Israel and for long frustrated efforts to bring relief to Palestinians on the brink of starvation. But while the IDF investigation suggests this was an isolated “grave mistake,” the mounting toll faced by aid agencies throughout the war points instead to what they say are systemic failings in
NBC News (Online)Apr 14 2024
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Several countries come to Israel’s aid to stop Iran barrage
Israel fended off a furious attack on Saturday with the help of powerful allies in the region and around the world. Multiple countries came together to help fend off over 300 drones and missiles launched at Israel from Iran, with the Israeli Defense Forces claiming that roughly 99% of the attack had been thwarted by their forces and allies. "At my direction, to support the defense of Israel,
Fox News (Online News)Apr 09 2024
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White House, Senate Democrats unveil bill to battle pandemic aid fraud
Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping, roughly $1.3 billion bill that would expand the federal government’s powers to find and prosecute pandemic fraud, as Washington scrambles to recover the federal aid stolen by scammers during the worst economic crisis in a generation. The measure, which would deliver on an earlier budget request from President Biden, arrived as the Justice
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