theabortionatorWasn't the biggest fan of a lot of stuff he did either. He kind of ran on one thing and then went fully "presidential". If it's that old not sure why OP posted it. If its one of those "see this was old" but that's all facebook is these days.
We give mad money to Israel on the regular regardless and we shouldn't. That was my point.
It was passed in May of 2020 under Trump ; but a former bill was passed in 2016.
ScaryDumpTruckThe bill was passed 4 years ago under Obama's second term
^ ^ ^ No it was not ; learn how to read ; this bill is an updated version with more fervent support for the Likud.
The Foreign Relations Committee passed a bill on May 21st to give Israel a minimum of $38 billion over the next ten years, despite ongoing devastation to the US economy. The bill was passed in a meeting closed to Senate live-streaming in a voice vote on a group of 15 items. There was no discussion or debate of the bill – the largest such package in US history – and its title was never said… Now the bill will go to the full Senate. If it passes there, it will likely soon be signed into law, since the House has already passed a similar version…
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3176
The bill –
S.3176 – will now go before the full Senate. Since the legislation has already been passed by the
House of Representatives, if the Senate passes the bill, it will then go to the president to be signed into law.
https://israelpalestinenews.org/senate-committee-slips-through-38-billion-package-to-israel/#Friedmann
The bill was passed by the committee under two unusual circumstances and with almost no public awareness.
First, Senate Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho) refused to allow a livestream of the meeting, despite the fact that the Senate Rules panel had
recommended that extra efforts be taken to ensure public transparency while the Capitol is closed to the public and the presence of reporters is severely limited. The Senate’s Press Gallery Standing Committee of Correspondents had
objected strongly to Risch’s decision.
Second, the bill was passed without being named, debated, or even discussed, even though it would set into law the largest such aid package in U.S. history. There has been no US mention of the bill by US mainstream media.
The massive package is particularly noteworthy in light of the current devastation to the American taxpayers who will be footing the bill – over $10 million per day. In recent months approximately
30 million Americans have lost jobs,
100,000 small businesses have already closed forever, and over
seven million are at risk of doing so.
The bill was voted on as part of a package of 15 bills that were voted on “
en bloc” (all together).
After Senator Kaine said he didn’t know what the list contained, Risch responded: “I’m not trying to pull anything here… this was circulated among the staff.”
Risch then rapidly listed the numbers, but did not give the titles. There was then a voice vote and the motion passed unanimously. (See video below.)
Democratic
members of the committee had voiced strong objections to blocking a livestream of the meeting because of a different
agenda item. After the meeting, Committee Ranking Member Robert Menendez (D-NJ) released a video of the meeting.
None, however, voiced any concern to giving a massive aid package to a country widely documented as a major
violator of human rights.
Neither did any Democrats on the committee object to requiring American taxpayers to give Israel over $7,000 per minute when many Americans are suffering catastrophic financial difficulties.
The legislation just passed by the committee would make this disbursal legally required, and, in addition, it would make the $38 billion a floor rather than a ceiling. In other words, the amount of money could legally go even higher.
Given the power of the pro-Israel lobby, combined with the fact that U.S. media are not informing Americans of this use of their tax money, the likelihood is that US money to Israel will go up in the future – possibly even this year.)
Most Americans say they feel the US is giving Israel too much money. Israel has received more US tax money than any other country – on average, about 7,000 times more per capita than others around the world.
The Council for the National Interest has posted a petition against this year’s installment, $3.8 billion. So far, it has been signed by close to 2,000 people.
So, in conclusion now this bill, an updated version in 2020 IS legally binding and now it is a floor and not the ceiling meaning the amount will probably be much higher than 38 billion. So who really owns the US? They seem to care more about some state founded on terrorism than the American people.
This bill also extends authority for the War Reserves Stockpile through 2025, and authorizes annual increases of up to $200 million for 2021-2025, for a total increase of $1 billion.
AND AGAIN, the interest falls on US unborn generations. The Israeli people do not have to pay back the interest, and they all get freely 4200+ dollars.
**This post was edited on Jun 3rd 2020 at 10:16:50pm