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The US Senate approved a package of measures related to national security on Tuesday morning, which includes assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan,Although there is little chance of
The US Senate approved a package of measures related to national security on Tuesday morning, which includes assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan,Although there is little chance of the text being passed due to a predictable veto by the Republican-dominated House of Representatives.
Senators supported the law 70 votes in favor and 29 against, after Republicans initially backed out in hopes that the measure would border securityas stated, in particular, by the former president and de facto favorite for the presidency, Donald Trump.
The package includes more than $95 billion in aidof which two-thirds, about 60 billion, will go to Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia since February 2022.
In addition, it provides $14.1 billion for Israel, is fighting the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, and another 9.1 billion for Taiwan, in the latter case to provide humanitarian aid.
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On this occasion, the President of Ukraine Vladimir ZelenskyHe thanked the senators for their position, given that US assistance helps “save lives” in the face of “Russian terror.” “This means that life goes on in our cities and let it triumph over the war,” he emphasized in his X account.
Zelensky stressed that Ukrainian troops They are fighting for “values” that they also share with the United States. and believes that North American assistance will “bring peace closer and restore global stability.”
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However, the political arithmetic of the United States does not allow the law to cover all procedures in Congress. Chairman of the House of Representatives, Michael Johnsonalready made clear on Monday that he rejects the text because it does not take into account measures to stop “Catastrophe” on the North American Borders.
Johnson decried that the Senate’s foreign aid proposal “says nothing about the most pressing problem facing the country.” “The mandate of the additional national security legislation was to secure the United States’ own border before sending additional foreign assistance around the world. This is what the American people demand and deserve.“, he decreed.
“Now, with no changes to border policy from the Senate, the House will have to continue its own work on these important issues. America deserves something better than the Senate’s status quo“Reads a statement published through his profile on the social network X.
My statement on the Senate’s failure to address the most critical aspect of additional national security legislation: pic.twitter.com/ENjJ0WzKsK
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) February 13, 2024
(according to information from Europe Press)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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