Tag: legislation
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Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, then scramble to find support for Ukraine aid
Wartime aid for Ukraine has been left hanging in the Senate after Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package that had been tied to the funding, then struggled to coalesce around a plan to salvage the aid for Kyiv
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Ukrainian parliament backs new mobilization rules
Ukraine’s parliament gave preliminary approval for a controversial bill on mobilization, designed to help replenish the country’s war-battered armed forces. The government’s proposal received 243 votes in a first reading, clearing a threshold of 226, lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on Telegram on Wednesday. The legislation must be approved in a second and final reading and…
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Aid package for Israel fails in the House, dealing another setback to GOP leaders
A bill to provide Israel with more military aid has gone down in defeat in the House