c/Neoliberal · by CoffeeAddict@kbin.social · 2y

US House pushes ahead with $95bn foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/19/house-democrats-mike-johnson-foreign-aid

Coalition of lawmakers helped legislation clear procedural hurdle to reach final votes, following opposition from rightwing Republicans

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CoffeeAddict@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

The US House pushed ahead on Friday with a $95bn foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support after Democrats came to the rescue of Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker.

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The dramatic action took place on Capitol Hill on Thursday night in order to save the Ukraine aid legislation from rightwing rebels.

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In addition to the aid for allies, the package includes a provision to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, and sanctions targeting Hamas and Iran – and to force China’s ByteDance to sell social media platform TikTok or face a ban in the US.

Mostly good news! Ukraine desperately needs the aid.

However, sneaking the TikTok thing in there feels dishonest - I think that really should have been a separate bill that actually addressed the privacy and data concerns that go beyond just TikTok & ByteDance.