The House on Saturday passed a $95 billion aid package that includes two long-awaited bills with $60.8 billion of Ukraine aid and $26 billion in aid to Israel.

The Ukraine bill, which passed with 311 votes in favor, 112 votes against, and one present, will now head to the Senate alongside the Israel aid bill and two others — one with aid for Taiwan and another that forces Tiktok’s parent company to sell it.

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    8 months ago

    That’s why I put can’t in quotes. We obviously can (because, as you pointed out, we already do) but there’s a minority of Americans wielding outsized amounts of power keeping it from happening.