238

Rand Paul vows to drag out Senate effort to pass foreign aid package (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

60 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The Senate is working to pass a $95.3 billion foreign aid bill with assistance for Ukraine and Israel, but it may be days until a final vote as GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is using arcane and complex chamber rules to slow down the process into the weekend.

The chamber cleared a critical 60-vote threshold to advance the bill on Thursday, and took another procedural vote Friday night. But without an agreement from all 100 senators to speed up the process and swiftly pass the legislation, the Senate is expected to work through the weekend with a final vote next week.

“I think we should stay here as long as it takes,” Paul told CNN’s Manu Raju on Thursday. “If it takes a week or a month, I’ll force them to stay here to discuss why they think the border of Ukraine is more important than the US border.”

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[+] Maeve@kbin.social -63 points 9 months ago

Why are you assuming I do?

Fwiw, i don’t think we should be finding the genocide of Palestinians or whitewashing how many Nazis are actually in Ukraine and I’m not interested in arguing whether authoritarian Nazis or authoritarian Communists are “better” to rule a country not my own.

I will say taxpayer dollars for universal, holistic health, clean air, water, food, world class education, housing the homeless, addressing other conditions of despair rather than funding despair abroad.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Ukraine needs our help right now.

I will say taxpayer dollars for universal, holistic health, clean air, water, food, world class education, housing the homeless, addressing other conditions of despair rather than funding despair abroad.

Do you know WHY you even have the ability to make the thoughtless statement you did here? Its because nations like France help the USA during the Revolutionary war. We in the USA would not be a sovereign nation without their help. source.

Right now you'd be swearing fealty to King Charles in England if France followed your advice.

You managed to find the nation sized version of "screw you, I got mine" with your logic.

load more comments (1 replies)

load more comments (29 replies)

this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2024

238 points (98.4% liked)

politics

19090 readers

3850 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

• Register To Vote

• Citizenship Resource Center

• Congressional Awards Program

• Federal Government Agencies

• Library of Congress Legislative Resources

• The White House

• U.S. House of Representatives

• U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

• News