- ‘What are these guys doing?’ he said of the gridlock in Congress that has left aid for Ukraine , Israel and Taiwan in limbo
- ‘Two weeks they’re walking away!’ he said, referring to the congressional recess that falls over President’s Day. ‘What are they thinking? My God! This is bizarre!’
President Biden brutally mocked the House for skipping town for two weeks without doing anything to advance a foreign aid package.
‘Two weeks they’re walking away!’ he said, referring to the congressional recess that falls over President’s Day. ‘What are they thinking? My God! This is bizarre!’
‘What are these guys doing?’ he said Friday of the gridlock in Congress that has left aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in limbo.
The Senate voted 70-29 to pass the $95 billion aid deal that Speaker Mike Johnson has said is ‘dead on arrival’ in the House.
Congress has spent months at an impasse over further aid for U.S. allies – as the rightward flank of the House has even begun to threaten to motion to vacate Mike Johnson from the speakership if he puts further Ukraine aid on the House floor.
And after last week a vote on a stand-alone Israel aid bill failed, Johnson declined to bring it up again this week.
He also yanked a vote on a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, amid in-fighting over whether intelligence officials should have to get a warrant when American citizens are caught up in their surveillance of foreign threats.
When Congress returns from recess there will be just three days upon their return to avoid yet another potential government shutdown.
The House has already passed three continuing resolutions, bills that fund the government at 2023 levels set under Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to punt the deadline and buy themselves more time to hash out a longer-term spending plan.
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