President Biden vowed on Monday to veto a House Republican bill that would provide $17.6 billion in aid to Israel, calling it a “cynical political maneuver” intended to hurt the chances of passage for broader legislation that would provide money for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and the U.S. border.

House Republicans fiercely oppose the larger bill, which was unveiled by a small, bipartisan group of senators over the weekend. It calls for $118.3 billion in spending and would overhaul some of the nation’s immigration laws to deal with recent surges of migrants at the southern border.

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  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    “Yes, the boy has cried wolf every day for the past decade. But it’s pretty close minded to think there probably isn’t a wolf this time.”

    • EatATaco@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      As I said in the other post, this is literally the same argument I hear from climate change deniers.

      When were really hate a group of people, usually the reason is that we are much more like them than we are willing to admit.