Congresswoman, a democrat from california who serves on the house Foreign Affairs. The fact that we took house Foreign Affairs. The fact that we took up house Foreign Affairs. The fact that we took up these house Foreign Affairs. The fact that we took up these boats l house Foreign Affairs. The fact i that we took up these boats and pass them once again with overwhelming democratic support shows that were not going to continue to sit the sidelines. It has been tense in Foreign Affairs committee is because republicans continue to share chinese and russian propaganda when we are all looking at the same kind of intelligence that tells us that iran and russia and china are working together in partnership to continue to create regional instability around the globe. We see it in africa in the middle east, in South America and in europe and we have to take a stand. From the capitol, our news correspondent Helena Humphrey told us more about todays vote. After a rare show of bipartisanship the
Has called on senators to advanceit has called on senators to advance it swiftly on tuesday so that it can head to his desk at the oval office and he can sign off on it. And the pentagon for its part watching political chaos, Political Infighting, go on has been trying to Preposition Weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, can head to troops on the ground, sooner rather than later, potentially within days as opposed to weeks, but that doesnt rule out the prospect of further Political Infighting despite the fact that Congress Woman nancy pelosi has called on law makers to sign off on this bill for ukraine. We know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. They had wanted it tied to stricter immigration laws, a Stricter Border security with the Us Mexico Border and thats particular vote failed. It needed a two thirds majority. When you saw with the ukraine bill is more republicans voted against it than actually voted in favour of it. And we kn
Our news correspondent helena humphrey. Helena, after a long wait, an aid bill for ukraine has now passed its biggest a vote in the house. Thats right, carl. Very much long awaited. Just to paint a picture, it was back in september that ukrainian president zelensky went to the white house to speak to President Biden about the need for this day will do particularly with regards to things such as air defence, missiles and so on. It took this long to actually come to the floor. That was because there was a growing chorus of opposition from republican congressional lawmakers, particularly in the house with regards to aid to ukraine at a time but there hadnt been stricter legislation when it comes to immigration, bordersecurity and legislation when it comes to immigration, Border Security and so on. Nevertheless it appears that speakerjohnson appears to have A Change Of Heart. Potentially after a rounds attack that we saw on israel last week. It came to the floor. Were seeing over 60 billio
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