Following months of uncertainty, Senate approves foreign war bill, which encompasses US military backing for Washington's allies, with the bill now awaiting Biden's signature to become law.
Following months of uncertainty, Senate approves foreign war bill, which encompasses US military backing for Washington's allies, with the bill now awaiting Biden's signature to become law.Biden, who worked with congressional leaders to win support, says he will sign the bill quickly and start the process of sending weapons to Ukraine. / Photo: AFP
Biden, who worked with congressional leaders to win support, said he will sign the bill quickly and start the process of sending weapons to Ukraine, which has been struggling to hold its front lines against Russia. In an interview with Associated Press shortly before the vote, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, said that if Congress hadn't passed the aid,"America would have paid a price economically, politically, militarily."On the Senate floor, Schumer said the Senate was sending a message to US allies:"We will stand with you."
McConnell said in a separate interview before the vote that it"is one of the biggest days in the time that I’ve been here.” The TikTok bill was one of several tweaks Johnson to the package the Senate passed in February as he tried to move the bill through the House despite significant opposition within his conference.
"The United States is spread too thin," Vance said,"And that that argument I think, is winning the American people and it’s slowly winning the Senate, but it’s not going to happen overnight.”
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