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The Senate on Thursday is expected to consider a bill to provide assistance to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan after Republicans in the chamber rejected a bipartisan border security and foreign aid bill. The scheduled Thursday afternoon vote is procedural, on whether to move to the question of taking up the foreign aid package, and would […]
By Francesca Gillett in Washington DC & Sam Cabral on Capitol Hill BBC News 7 February 2024 Updated 28 minutes ago Image caption, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants to get the new, revised foreign aid bill passed US lawmakers are scrambling to salvage a military aid package for Ukraine and Israel, after the […]
Senators in both parties are engaged in an urgent round of talks to see if they can reach an agreement that would allow the Senate to open up debate on a $95.3 billion foreign aid package — a bill that would not include the bipartisan border deal that Republicans killed today. GOP senators are demanding […]
11:55 a.m. ET, February 7, 2024 Key things to know about today’s Senate vote on the border deal and foreign aid package From CNN’s Clare Foran, Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju The US Capitol in January. Samuel Corum/Getty Images Senate Republicans are expected to tank a major bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package with assistance for Ukraine […]
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington 6 February 2024 Updated 16 minutes ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Do Republicans serve Trump or the people?: Biden President Joe Biden and Donald Trump are trading blame for the stalling of a bipartisan immigration bill.
A group of U.S. ambassadors stationed in the Indo-Pacific region is urging congressional leaders to secure passage of legislation providing assistance to Ukraine, Israel and allies in the Pacific, saying America’s credibility with its strategic partners is on the line. “Governments are watching what we do at this pivotal moment in history — a time […]
Americans are rightly frustrated with the humanitarian and administrative crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and in our cities, as 30 years of band-aid “fixes” to a broken immigration system have collapsed under the weight of record human displacement around the globe and across the Americas. Recent polling indicates that Americans across party lines agree that […]
John Moore/Getty Images The Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on January 9, 2024. CNN — The Senate’s border deal and foreign aid package, released Sunday, would implement strict limits along the US . . .
Senate Republicans and Democrats on Sunday unveiled a $118.3 billion compromise bill to crack down on unlawful migration across the U.S. border with Mexico and speed critical security aid to Ukraine, but the deal faces long odds in a Congress deeply divided over both issues. The release of the agreement, struck after more than three […]
President Joe Biden urges Congress to swiftly pass bill after months of wrangling over immigration and support for Kyiv. The United States Senate has unveiled a $118bn bipartisan deal that would boost border security and provide wartime aid for Israel and Ukraine. US President Joe Biden and Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate have […]