US House of Representatives approves critical $61bn package - BBC News
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The long-awaited vote comes as Ukrainian troops face a weapons shortage in the war against Russia.
  • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    Yeah, and it comes with an additional $26,000,000,000 to continue the mass butchery of innocent men, women, and children in support of a genocide that eclipses what Russia is doing.

    It also comes with banning the largest platform for pro-Palestinian content…

          • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
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            7 months ago

            It’s still one package, mate. The fact that they voted on the Israel part separately is irrelevant when the vote fucking passed anyway.

            • realitista@lemm.eeOP
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              7 months ago

              No they are separate packages. It’s not possible to vote on things separately if they are one package.

              • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
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                7 months ago

                The foreign aid package passed on Saturday also includes: - $26.4bn (£21.34bn) in military support for Israel, with $9.1bn (£7.36bn) of that allocated to humanitarian aid for Gaza - $8.1bn (£6.55bn) in funding for allies in the Asia-Pacific, including Taiwan, to “counter communist China”.

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