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US Lawmakers Invite Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu To Address Congress Amid Gaza War

May 31, 2024 admin

House Speaker said the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu would soon address a joint meeting of Congress. Washington: The leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Friday, though the date of the speech has…

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US House Leader Moves Toward Inviting Benjamin Netanyahu To Address Congress

May 22, 2024 admin

In March, Netanyahu addressed Republican party members in the Senate via a video link. Washington: The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday he was close to inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address lawmakers even if the Senate’s Democratic leader did not go along. House Speaker Mike Johnson told…

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The Massive Aid Package Before US Congress

April 19, 2024 admin

The United States’ historic ally Israel will receive $13 billion in military assistance. Washington, United States: The US House of Representatives on Saturday will vote on a major aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, and on a possible ban of TikTok. Here is a breakdown of the $95 billion package made up of four…

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Ukraine Will Lose To Russia If US Congress Withholds Aid: Zelensky

April 7, 2024 admin

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has dragged on for more than two years. (File) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Kyiv will lose the war against Russia if the US Congress does not approve military aid to battle Moscow’s invasion. Republicans in Congress have been blocking tens of billions of dollars in military assistance for…

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UFO Sightings Were “Misidentification Of Ordinary Objects”: Pentagon Report

March 10, 2024 admin

Congress hearings and discussions with NASA officials have been part of the study. The US Pentagon has said that they have found no evidence of UFOs or aliens in its 63-page “Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).” In addition to noting that “most sightings were ordinary objects…

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U.S. Congress passes first package of spending bills hours before shutdown deadline for key agencies

March 9, 2024 admin

The Senate on March 8 approved a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a shutdown of many key federal agencies, a vote that gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year. The measure contains six annual spending bills…

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US Congress’ Go-Ahead To Stopgap Funding Bill Averts Government Shutdown

October 1, 2023 admin

Joe Biden is set to sign the measure into law in the coming hours. Washington, United States: The US Congress passed an 11th-hour funding bill Saturday to keep federal agencies running for another 45 days and avert a costly government shutdown — although the deal left out aid to war-torn Ukraine requested by President Joe…

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McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain

September 29, 2023 admin

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain. Mr. McCarthy’s right-flank Republicans refused to support the bill despite its steep spending cuts of nearly 30% to many agencies and severe…

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