Washington —President Biden urged House Republicans to "immediately" take up a $95 billion foreign aid bill that includes assistance to Ukraine and Israel after theSenate passed the measureearly Tuesday, saying that "there's no question" that it would pass if brought to the House floor. ...
KIEV, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine and Israel are planning to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) next year, visiting Israeli Parliament Speaker Yuli-Yoel Edelstein said here Thursday. "I expect that the FTA between Ukraine and Israel will be launched in 2017," Edelstein, speaker of the ...
“If House Republicans put the Senate supplemental (spending bill) on the floor, I believe it would pass today, reach the president’s desk tonight and Israel would get the aid it needs by tomorrow,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said in the Senate on Monday. Senate...
Earlier last month, U.S. President Joe Biden requested a total of 106 billion dollars in special appropriations from Congress to cover military aid to Ukraine and Israel. However, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives only approved 14.3 billion dollars for aid to Israel last week. ELU...
Washington— House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday unveiled a proposal for sending wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine as he seeks to fend off a right-wing revolt that could put his leadership in peril. The Louisiana Republican said he plans to put four separate bills on the floor, separating ...
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It’s a goal shared with President Joe Biden, who is requesting $110 billion from Congress to provide wartime aid for Ukraine and Israel, support allies in the Asian-Pacific and overhaul the U.S. immigration system. However, the emergency funding package has been delayed months in Congress...
narrow GOP majority in late October, appears complicated. While there may be a group of House moderates ready to back the foreign aid bill, among many House conservatives, additional aid for Ukraine is a nonstarter. And some House progressives may feel similarly about additional aid to Israel....
Kamala Harris: I do. And-- and I take that responsibility quite seriously. Bill Whitaker: How often do you meet with him? Kamala Harris: Multiple times a day, quite often, unless he or I are traveling. They're in total agreement the U.S. muststand with Israel and Ukraine, two democr...
John Kirby, spokesperson for the US National Security Council, told reporters on Tuesday that “at first blush, these proposals do get the necessary security assistance to Ukraine and Israel at a critical time right now” but added that the White House would reserve judgment until they were give...