The bill will officially be put to a vote next week and must get passed then, before the lawmakers go on recess. The House will then eventually need to pass this.
The bill was supposed to be a bit bigger at nearly $118 billion which originally had funds for added border security, but got dropped and 17 Republicans voted to advance the new bill.
Ukraine gets most of it, valued at $61 billion. It is reported that it will not just go for weaponry, but for rebuilding efforts as well. On top of that, this new funding adds onto the $110 billion that has approved for Ukraine since 2022.
Israel will get $14 billion, on top of their annual funding that’s already been baked into the cake when the federal and defense budgets are put together.
Taiwan, and including some other smaller pacific territories in the region, will receive about $4.8 billion.
Furthermore, $9.15 billion is being allocated to humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, Ukraine and others in different ‘conflict zones’ around the world, Reuters reports.
This is a good first step. This bill is essential for our national security, for the security of our friends in Ukraine, in Israel, for humanitarian aid for innocent civilians in Gaza, and for Taiwan.
Chuck Schumer said in the Senate after the vote.
As concerning border security, some astute journalists noticed a conditional clause buried in it that reads: “Aliens from noncontiguous countries shall not be included in the sum of aliens encountered.”
In a statement to the Daily Caller, one border agent had harsh words for the people in D.C.:
Now that I’ve seen more of it, they can respectfully go f*** themselves. The more I’m seeing the more it just puts what they’ve been doing in writing. You want to shut this down, it’s real easy. Team up [the Department of Defense] with DHS and let us enforce like we were supposed to. I feel like we are the only nation in the world that is this dumb about the border. Maybe it’s because we haven’t.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
Again, your vote doesn’t count, these people don’t work for you. But, everyone will forget about it and vote for the “lesser of the two evils” come this November.
2024 is the year of easy money, so you best get prepared for it. With expanding war a guarantee, with the Federal Reserve cutting rates, and with it being an election year; the psychos in charge will do whatever they have to do to keep this Ponzi going just a bit longer.
Meanwhile, no money for border. Are you surprised? Don’t be. SEE: Theater: Texan Shows Open Gates To Border Wall Half A Mile From The Razor Wall, As Tensions Between Biden And Texas Governor Grow
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Lamentations 5:2
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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World War III is already here.
Lesser of two evils is still evil.
When is it going to end?
That’s a deep question, Vin.
I’d say after the battle of Armageddon and of course after the Time Of Jacob’s Trouble.