"I urge Congress to come together and swiftly pass this bipartisan agreement," President Joe Biden said, also praising the migration measures in the bill, which took months to negotiate.
However, House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson declared it "dead on arrival" if it reaches his chamber.
the bill includes a provision barring its funds from going to the U.N. agency for Palestinians, UNRWA.
It’s not like a needed a reminder that we will never address climate change so long as capitalism dominates, but this definitely is a reminder of that. The US will throw billions of dollars away before doing even the barest climate change mitigations.