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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is working through a rare Saturday session to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, Democrats and Republicans joining together behind the legislation after a grueling monthslong fight over renewed American support for repelling Russia’s invasion into Ukraine.
House Republicans are looking to Democrats on Friday to help them push past their own party’s opposition and supply crucial votes to bring up the long-stalled foreign aid bill for Ukraine and Israel.
The Republican foreign aid package passed a key procedural hurdle in the House on Friday, after Democrats provided the necessary votes to offset dozens of GOP defections.
The House took a critical step on Friday toward approving a long-stalled package of aid to Ukraine, Israel and other American allies, as Democrats supplied the crucial votes to push the legislation past Republican opposition so that it could be considered on the floor.
Speaker Mike Johnson has released a much-anticipated series of foreign aid bills, teeing up the House of Representatives for a vote within days as President Joe Biden vows to sign it into law “immediately.”
The House is set to vote on sweeping sanctions on Iran and its proxies this week after the country’s sprawling drone attacks on Israel over the weekend.
Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday after Iran’s overnight attack on Israel that the House would vote in the coming days on aid for Israel, and he suggested that aid for Ukraine could be included in the legislation.
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani recently became an elector from her Lok Sabha constituency, Amethi. While the BJP is trying to make a big point of this, as well as the fact that Irani now owns a house in Amethi, a candidate is not required to be a voter or a resident of a constituency from where he or she is contesting under election rules.