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Biden Threatens to Veto Bill That Would Help Israel but Not Ukraine

www.nytimes.com Biden Threatens to Veto Bill That Would Help Israel but Not Ukraine

President Biden accused Republicans in the House of a “cynical political maneuver” intended to kill broader legislation that would also provide money for the southern border.

President Biden vowed on Monday to veto a House Republican bill that would provide $17.6 billion in aid to Israel, calling it a “cynical political maneuver” intended to hurt the chances of passage for broader legislation that would provide money for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and the U.S. border.

House Republicans fiercely oppose the larger bill, which was unveiled by a small, bipartisan group of senators over the weekend. It calls for $118.3 billion in spending and would overhaul some of the nation’s immigration laws to deal with recent surges of migrants at the southern border.

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The president hears the people no longer agree with our stance on Israel

The president changes his policies to reflect the will of the people

This is how it's supposed to work!
This is so stupid. NYTimes putting the phrase "to deal with recent surges of migrants at the southern border"...there IS no surge of migrants. They're pushing bullshit in a passive way to make it sound legitimate.
This is like the worst version of the trolley problem being worked out in real time.
I hate that the two are becoming more and more conflated. Ukraine is fighting off a invasion; Israel is invading and has driven the people of palestine into radical organization and direct action. These funds should go to aid and peace efforts instead.
Ah, so he wants to make sure that everyone gets funding, not just Israel.

How about NO MONEY TO THE MOTHER FUCKING GENOCIDE?
Outrage should be reserved until it’s known what’s on the bill. It was drawn up by conservatives- I’d wager its purpose is to disenfranchise far left voters.
Isn't Israel the 'bigger fish' in their conflict? I don't question that our status is "allies", but it's so strange thinking they need "help"?
Veto it.
Sounds like a win all around if he does. Israel does not need the help.
Wish there was a rule barring packaging unrelated legislation
How about we switch that around...
He said he would an that dickhead speaker still hasnt sheduled a vote on ukranian aid
Yep, genocide doesn't come cheap.
That's a very good thing for an old man to do.
If I absolutely have to pick a side on this dumpsterfire of a conflict then I'd choose Israel but I still don't quite understand what they need military aid for when they're already the bigger and more powerful military of the two. Is this so that they can blow up individual terrorists with a million dollar smart bombs so that they don't need to put their own men at risk? This just seems stupid but then again I'm no military expert either so who cares what I think.
Do it then. I see the lips moving and the empty promises made, so do something about it then old man. Trump was the same way. Just spouting all these great sounding things that the news print and then never doing a god damn thing about any of it. That's what they do, they say things you want to hear. Then do the opposite
hmm.... ok!
Imagine if we redirected that 17.6 billion to programs that would benefit actual breathing people in the US in actual need?
This doofus already did 2 emergency arms sales to Israel, he just wants his other foreign funding on top of funding Israel.

Nothing special here besides republicans doing republican things.
Biden: "I'm Zionist"
Love how Taiwan is thrown in there for no fucking reason 🙄
Surprising given the whole genocidin biden thing. is he fixated on causing genocide. this makes no sense unless international politics is complicated or something.

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