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They’re three separate bills, Israel aid, Ukraine aid, and Tiktok. You can find them on congress.gov. Each congress critter voted on each bill separately.
by nullindividual 2y ago
They’re three separate bills, Israel aid, Ukraine aid, and Tiktok. You can find them on congress.gov.
Each congress critter voted on each bill separately.
- ShawFei 2y agobut why medias said it's a "package" and "tied with"/"bundled with" foreign aid bill?
- verdverm 2y agoThey started as separate bills in the House with a final step of merging them into one before sending off to the Senate, as I understand it Even if they were technically separate at one point, the discussion leading up to and throughout was about them as one. The Senate passed a bigger bill that also included border funding months ago. That was rejected by the House without consideration or negotiation, because reasons... Regarding "fairness" of bundling, I agree with others this is the wrong framing. Democracy and politics is about giving and taking to get something not perfect through a messy system full of competing interests.