• frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
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    8 months ago

    I was under the impression there was Ukraine aid in this bill. But I agree, I’d rather fund them separately.

    Edit: And Israel not at all, at the moment.

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      8 months ago

      The Senate bill has Ukraine aid, border security stuff, and “aid” for Israel. Mike Johnson was throwing a tantrum that the GOP/Dem Senate leadership didn’t include him in their negotiations (seriously, he sent out a letter to the House yesterday morning whining about it) so he decided to bring a bill up with just “aid” for Israel.

      As you can see, he is continuing the proud tradition of effective GOP Speakers. 🙄

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        8 months ago

        The speaker of the house is mad that he wasn’t involved in senate business? Sounds like a fucking excuse to me.

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          I imagine that during bipartisan Senate negotiations it’d be prudent and/or courteous to include the House leadership as well, to avoid this exact kind of embarrassment.

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          The speaker doesn’t have to be involved in all things. They aren’t on every committee.

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            Yes, the speaker of the house really shouldn’t be involved in senate business. That’s what I was saying. It was a bullshit excuse on the speaker’s part.