gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agoBiden budget proposal excludes UNRWA funds, renews $14 billion request for Israelwww.msn.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·edit-28 months agoFirst, Congress hardly ever passes a President’s budget. They pass their own budgets that the president lives with. Secondly, the Foreign Aid package passed by the Senate and dormant in the House specifically excludes monies for the UNRWA. https://www.reuters.com/world/us-pause-funding-un-relief-agency-palestinians-may-become-permanent-2024-03-13/
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down4·8 months ago Congress hardly ever passes a President’s budget. He’s certainly letting us know where his priorities lie, though.
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·8 months agoSo has your Senators and Representatives, who in the end have the most important say.
First, Congress hardly ever passes a President’s budget. They pass their own budgets that the president lives with.
Secondly, the Foreign Aid package passed by the Senate and dormant in the House specifically excludes monies for the UNRWA.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-pause-funding-un-relief-agency-palestinians-may-become-permanent-2024-03-13/
He’s certainly letting us know where his priorities lie, though.
So has your Senators and Representatives, who in the end have the most important say.