Senate Democrats block bipartisan House
Israel aid bill
Posted By: 4250Luis, 11/17/2023 1:52:39 PM
Senate Democrats blocked a stand-alone Israel aid package led by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Tuesday after a lengthy debate on the chamber floor. Marshall sought unanimous consent for the House's version of the package, which passed the lower chamber with bipartisan support Nov. 2 and would earmark $14.3 billion reallocated from funds meant for the IRS in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. Senators Marshall, Ted Cruz, JD Vance and Mike Lee introduced the Senate version last month. But Democrats shot down the effort because the package does not include aid to Ukraine. A handful of Republican senators argued the two emergency aid packages should be split up and voted on separately.
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Senate Democrats blocked a stand-alone Israel aid package led by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Tuesday after a lengthy debate on the chamber floor.
Marshall sought unanimous consent for the House's version of the package, which passed the lower chamber with bipartisan support Nov. 2 and would earmark $14.3 billion reallocated from funds meant for the IRS in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. Senators Marshall, Ted Cruz, JD Vance and Mike Lee introduced the Senate version last month.
But Democrats shot down the effort because the package does not include aid to Ukraine. A handful of Republican senators argued the two emergency aid packages should be split up and voted on separately.
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Amid mass pro-Palestinian rallies, far right opportunism, Corbynist apologetics and an exponential rise in UK antisemitism, both ruling Conservatives and opposition Labour are navigating stormy political waters on the Israel-Gaza war. With a general election in the wings, the stakes are exceptionally highGaza is now having a clear impact on British politics, both on the left and the right. But the intensifying public debate about the Israel-Hamas war is playing out very different on either sides of the aisle,
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The Post reported:
Israel, the United States and Hamas have agreed to a tentative deal
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Climate Protesters Blocking Roads, Absolute
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