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☆ John Fetterman predicts Joe Manchin is 'not going to be around much longer' in the Senate: 'I'm going to get his parking space'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sen. John Fetterman predicted that fellow Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin won't be "around much longer." "At first I was really kind of angry [at Manchin]," Fetterman told the Post. "And then I realized, well, he's not going to be around much longer and I'm going to get his parking space." Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesIn September, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer unilaterally changed the chamber's dress code to accommodate Fetterman. AdvertisementAdvertisementFetterman eventually caved, telling Insider at the time would comply with the "silly dress code."

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☆ Judge in Trump fraud trial expands gag order to Trump’s attorneys
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial has expanded a gag order in the trial to extend to Trump’s attorneys after continued lengthy discussions about the judge’s communications with his law clerk during court this week. In a written order Friday, Judge Arthur Engoron prohibited Trump’s attorneys from making any further comments about confidential communications between the judge and his staff inside or outside of the courtroom. The second fine – $10,000 – came after Trump appeared to reference the clerk when speaking to reporters outside of the courtroom. Engoron said he has a right to seek counsel from his clerk and Trump’s legal team has no right to know what they are. “She’s a civil servant, she’s doing what I ask her to do.” Those notes are “confidential communications from my law clerk,” Engoron said Thursday, pounding on the bench.

Persons: Donald, Judge Arthur Engoron, Engoron, Chuck Schumer, Trump, Chris Kise, ”, she’s, ” Engoron Organizations: CNN, Trump, New, New York Democrat Locations: New York

☆ Key New York tunnel project wins $3.8 billion in new US support -senators
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The White House in July had advanced $6.88 billion in funding from the Federal Transit Administration for the project. Schumer, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and New York Governor Kathy Hochul were among the officials who celebrated the start of construction in New York on the Hudson Tunnel Project. Buttigieg said Friday the Hudson Tunnel project will reduce traveler delays, support 72,000 jobs and generate $19 billion in economic activity. The project was debated in Washington for over a decade since the New York City-area rail tunnel was damaged when Superstorm Sandy flooded parts of the city. The 112-year-old rail tunnel carries 200,000 passenger trips per day on New Jersey Transit and Amtrak along the Northeast Corridor.

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☆ New Phase of Gateway Tunnel Project in Hudson River to Begin
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Patrick Mcgeehan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Construction of the long-delayed rail tunnel under the Hudson River is about to speed up, as the project gets an additional injection of $3.8 billion in federal funding. Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, will announce the latest grant from Washington on Friday, just before he and Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, are scheduled to proclaim the start of work this month on the next phase of the $16.1 billion tunnel on Manhattan’s West Side, known as the Gateway project. This new, early phase of the project involves constructing a concrete casing for trains to pass through under the Hudson Yards section of Midtown Manhattan, between the river’s edge and Pennsylvania Station. On the New Jersey side of the river, work is scheduled to begin, also this month, on the realignment of a highway so that the digging of the tunnel can begin. Plans laid out by the project’s sponsor, the Gateway Development Commission, call for two giant boring machines to grind their way through the cliff, under the river and into the bedrock of Manhattan.

Persons: Chuck Schumer, Pete Buttigieg Organizations: Pennsylvania, Gateway Development Commission Locations: Hudson, New York, Washington, Midtown Manhattan, Jersey, Manhattan

☆ Senators Plot to Unblock Military Promotions as Tuberville Draws G.O.P. Ire
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Karoun Demirjian | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senate Democrats are trying a novel strategy to break Senator Tommy Tuberville’s blockade of senior military promotions, as pressure builds among his fellow Republicans and Defense Department officials to end his monthslong hold in protest of the Pentagon’s abortion access policies. Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, said on Wednesday that he would seek to temporarily go around the chamber’s rules to allow confirmation of almost all military nominees as a bloc. A vote could take place as soon as next week. That would restore what had been routine practice in the Senate before Mr. Tuberville, an Alabama Republican, in February held up a package of officer promotions over a Pentagon policy offering time off and travel reimbursement to service members seeking abortions or fertility care. While it is not clear that Mr. Schumer will have the support for his maneuver, he announced he would attempt it amid mounting frustration among Republicans and at the Defense Department about Mr. Tuberville’s nine-month blockade.

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☆ House Set to Pass Aid Bill for Israel, Clashing With Biden and Senate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Catie Edmondson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The House on Thursday headed toward passage of a $14.3 billion aid package for Israel in its war with Hamas, defying a veto threat from President Biden and bipartisan opposition in the Senate, and posing a dilemma for Democrats who staunchly back the Jewish state. Lawmakers were set to vote on a bill put forward by the newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson that would couple military funding for Israel with a provision slashing the same amount for a tax enforcement initiative at the Internal Revenue Service, part of the Inflation Reduction Act and a key piece of President Biden’s agenda. The measure is headed for a bipartisan bloc of opposition in the Senate, where lawmakers favor packaging aid for Israel with money to help Ukraine fend off Russia’s invasion, as well as for other global crises. Mr. Biden has requested such a package, totaling $105 billion, and White House officials said on Tuesday that he would veto the House bill because it was limited to Israel. Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, said in a speech ahead of the House vote on Thursday that the Senate would not take up the House-passed proposal at all, and would instead craft its own bipartisan bill containing aid for Israel and Ukraine, and humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Persons: Biden, Mike Johnson, Biden’s, Chuck Schumer Organizations: Senate, Israel, Internal Revenue Service, White Locations: Israel, Ukraine, New York, Gaza

☆ Republicans clash for hours on the Senate floor as tempers flare over Sen. Tommy Tuberville's blockade of military promotions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Republican senators tore into their GOP colleague Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Wednesday night. They'd had enough of Tuberville's months-long blockade of military promotions. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementA handful of Senate Republicans on Wednesday evening tore into fellow Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville for hours, arguing that his blockade of more than 300 military promotions has damaged the US armed forces and risks serious long-term consequences. Historically speaking, military promotions have sailed through the Senate while lawmakers have used procedural hurdles to slow down political appointees.

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The House narrowly approved an aid package for Israel on Thursday – a vote that ordinarily would have been an easy bipartisan victory but one complicated by Democrats’ accusation of a political “poison pill” in the GOP’s attempt to offset the new spending with cuts to the IRS. Democrats largely opposed the $14.3 billion aid package, acknowledging that while they support aid for Israel, the mechanism for providing it, along with the lack of funding in other areas, made it a nonstarter. “What the House Republicans have done is unprecedented and will mean any aid to Israel will be delayed,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut Democrat, said ahead of the vote. “This is the first time we have conditioned aid to Israel. Nevertheless, Speaker Mike Johnson forged ahead with the vote, seeming to dare Democrats to oppose the aid package.

Persons: Rosa DeLauro, Chuck Schumer, Mike Johnson, ” Johnson, we’re, that’s, ” Organizations: Israel, White, Democrat, Republicans, ”, Connecticut Democrat, Democrats –, Office, Senate Locations: Gaza, Ukraine, Israel, Connecticut

Twelve Democrats voted with 214 Republicans for the bill, and two Republicans joined 194 Democrats in objecting. Republicans have a 221-212 majority in the House, but Biden's fellow Democrats control the Senate 51-49. To become law, the bill would have to pass both the House and Senate and be signed by Biden. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday said the IRS cuts and Israel aid in the House bill would add nearly $30 billion to the U.S. budget deficit, currently estimated at $1.7 trillion. After the vote, Johnson urged the Senate and White House to quickly approve the bill.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, Biden, Schumer, Kay Granger, Nathan Howard, Rosa DeLauro, Johnson, Patricia Zengerle, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Mark Porter, Alistair Bell, Chris Reese Organizations: U.S . House, Republican, Internal Revenue, Republicans, Israel, Internal Revenue Service, Democratic, Senate, U.S, Capitol, REUTERS, White, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Israel, Iran, Ukraine, Taiwan, Washington , U.S, Gaza City, Kyiv, U.S, Mexico

☆ Furious fraud trial judge accuses Trump lawyer of misogyny, threatens wider gag order, after law-clerk snipe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A defense lawyer's late afternoon snipe about a law clerk sparked drama at the Trump fraud trial. The blowup came when Trump lawyer Christopher Kise snarked "ask your law clerk first," to the judge. The temper-flaring, accusations, and judicial threats were sparked in the Manhattan courtroom by a wise-crack comment from Trump lawyer Christopher Kise, who was raising a routine objection during late-afternoon testimony by Eric Trump. AdvertisementAdvertisementHearing her referenced with derision yet again, the typically affable judge hit the figurative roof, as Eric Trump watched, blank-faced, from the witness stand. "If you keep referring to my principal law clerk, I will consider expanding the gag order to include you and your attorneys."

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☆ House gears up to vote on $14.3 billion in Israel aid, setting up showdown with Senate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Clare Foran | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has called the House GOP bill a “deeply flawed proposal” that the Senate will not take it up. Democrats have called for aid to Israel to be paired with additional security assistance for Ukraine in its war against Russia. In the Senate, there is bipartisan support for aid to Israel and further aid to Ukraine. But in the House, many Republicans are opposed to sending more aid to Ukraine, putting the two chambers at odds. In an attempt to offset the cost of the $14.3 billion in Israel aid, the House bill would rescind $14.3 billion in funding for the Internal Revenue Service.

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☆ 12 House Democrats break with Biden and vote for GOP-led Israel aid package that cuts IRS funding
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

While support for Israel is traditionally bipartisan, Democrats were largely aghast over the bill. AdvertisementAdvertisementSome key Democrats announced before the vote that they would oppose the bill while stressing that they still wanted to support Israel. "I strongly support Israel. House Speaker Mike Johnson defied Biden and Senate Democrats' aim to combine aid for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and border security into a massive $105 billion bill. Here are the 12 Democrats who voted for the GOP-led Israel aid bill:

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☆ Furious fraud trial judge accuses T lawyer of misogyny, threatens wider gag order, after law-clerk snipe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A defense lawyer's late afternoon snipe about a law clerk sparked drama at the Trump fraud trial. The blowup came when Trump lawyer Christopher Kise snarked "ask your law clerk first," to the judge. AdvertisementAdvertisementHearing her referenced with derision yet again, the typically affable judge hit the figurative roof, as Eric Trump watched, blank-faced, from the witness stand. "If you keep referring to my principal law clerk, I will consider expanding the gag order to include you and your attorneys." "I have an absolute right, an absolute unfettered right, to get advice from my principal law clerk," as with anyone on his three-member staff, he said.

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Leading Senate Democrats are teasing a new path forward to bypass one senator’s blockade of military promotions, leaning on GOP frustrations that bubbled to the surface this week and culminated in a dramatic confrontation from members of the senator’s own party. A group of Republican senators took to the Senate floor late Wednesday to attempt to circumvent a dispute in which Sen. Tommy Tuberville has single-handedly held up more than 300 military promotions over a Pentagon abortion travel policy. The stunning scene comes nine months into the blockade and as Democrats – and more recently fellow Republicans – have grown anxious to move the military promotions forward. It would require the support of all Democrats and independents and at least nine Republicans. But they suggested that Tuberville should take his issue to the courts, rather than holding up the chamber and setting a dangerous precedent.

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☆ Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren want FTC to probe blockbuster Exxon, Chevron mergers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and nearly two dozen other Democrats are demanding federal regulators probe the mega takeovers inked last month by ExxonMobil and Chevron. Exxon, already America’s biggest oil company, reached a deal in October to buy rival Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 billion. In the letter, the Senate Democrats argue past mergers that helped create Exxon and Chevron “enabled anticompetitive coordination” that hurt consumers by limiting supply of oil. “The oil-and-gas industry is still dominated by a handful of corporate giants, led by the top-two players Exxon and Chevron. The Senate Democrats note that Pioneer owns more drilling acreage than any other Permian producer and Exxon is also a top producer there.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators are urging federal regulators to investigate multibillion-dollar acquisitions by oil giants ExxonMobil and Chevron, saying the deals could lead to higher prices at the gas pump. “These deals are likely to harm competition, risking increased consumer prices and reduced output throughout the United States,'' the senators wrote. Chevron, Exxon and other oil companies have announced huge profits from strong energy prices and demand since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Exxon reported $9.1 billion in profits in the quarter that ended Sept. 30, while Chevron reported $6.5 billion in profits. Environmental groups hailed the call for an investigation of what some called “merger mania” within the oil industry that threatens competition.

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☆ Republicans' plan to fund Israel by cutting IRS spending would cost taxpayers billions and add to the national deficit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Republicans proposed giving Israel $14 billion, attached to $14 billion in IRS funding cuts. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementRepublicans want to give Israel $14.3 billion — but only if they can cut the same amount from the IRS. It's insulting that the hard right is openly trying to exploit the crisis in Israel to try and reward the ultra-rich." "Bifurcating Israel security assistance from the other priorities in the national security supplemental will have global consequences."

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☆ New US House Republican speaker faces early test on government funding
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) takes his oath of office after he was elected to be the new Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2023. "This will be a litmus test," said Representative Ryan Zinke, a Republican who sits on the House committee that sets spending priorities. With a similar use of previously allocated money, House Republicans would spend a net $65.2 billion on transportation, housing and urban development, 25% below current levels. Even if passed, the House Republican bills have no chance of succeeding in the Democratic-led Senate or being signed into law by Democratic President Joe Biden. While the House has focused on passing spending bills with only Republican votes, the Senate has worked on measures that have bipartisan support.

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☆ US Senate to vote on spending package Wednesday -Schumer
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Moira Warburton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2023. The Senate is working on bipartisan bills while the Republican-controlled House is aiming for measures that will pass with only votes from the majority. KEY QUOTE"Today we will pass the first three bipartisan appropriations bills," Schumer said on the Senate floor on Wednesday. "When these bills pass, they will be the only - I underscore, the only - bipartisan appropriations bills that have passed either chamber." BY THE NUMBERSCongress must pass 12 appropriations bills to fund the government through its fiscal year.

Persons: Chuck Schumer, Kevin Lamarque, Joe Biden, Schumer, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy's, Mike Johnson, Moira Warburton, Rod Nickel Organizations: Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Senate, Democratic, Republican, Republicans, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, U.S, Washington

☆ US House Speaker Johnson to Bring Israel Bill to Floor Despite Deficit Effect
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday he still plans to hold a vote on a standalone Israel aid bill despite a Congressional Budget Office score showing it could increase the federal deficit by cutting funding to the Internal Revenue Service. In the first major legislative action under new Speaker Mike Johnson, House Republicans unveiled a standalone supplemental spending bill that would provide $14.3 billion for Israel by cutting Internal Revenue Service funding. The measure is strongly opposed by Democrats, as well as some Republicans. The top Senate Democrat, Chuck Schumer, said on Tuesday the bill would be dead on arrival in the upper chamber. (Reporting by David Morgan; Writing by Katharine Jackson; Editing by Scott Malone)

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☆ US House Speaker Johnson to bring Israel bill to floor despite deficit risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday he plans to hold a vote on a standalone Israel aid bill despite a Congressional Budget Office report showing it could increase the federal deficit. In the first major legislative action under Johnson, House Republicans unveiled their bill on Monday seeking to provide $14.3 billion for Israel by cutting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding. The House could vote on the bill and pass it with Republican support as soon as Thursday. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said on Wednesday that the IRS cuts and the Israel aid in the standalone bill would add nearly $30 billion to the U.S. budget deficit, currently estimated at $1.7 trillion. To become law, any legislation must pass the House, the Senate and be signed into law by Biden.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Nathan Howard, Johnson, Joe Biden's, Josh Hawley, " Johnson, Biden, Johnson's, Chuck Schumer, David Morgan, Patricia Zengerle, Dan Whitcomb, Katharine Jackson, Scott Malone, Rod Nickel Organizations: U.S, Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, . House, House Republicans, Revenue Service, Democratic, White, Israel, Kyiv, Fox News, Office, CBO, Senate, Democrat, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Israel, China, Ukraine, Iran, Gaza, East

☆ Tuberville says Republicans should hold off aid to Israel until the US-Mexico border is addressed: 'If we don't do something, you don't get anything'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Congress is currently debating whether it should tie funding for Israel and Ukraine into one bill. Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he wants Congress to withhold Israel funding for now. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementGOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he thinks Republicans should withhold any funding for Israel until "something" is done by Congress to address the US-Mexico border. Congress is currently split over whether or not to package funding for Israel and Ukraine together or in standalone bills.

Persons: Sen, Tommy Tuberville, —, Tuberville, Laura Ingraham, Biden, We've, Mike Johnson, Ingraham, hasn't, Chuck Schumer, Schumer Organizations: Service, Israel, Fox News, Marine Corps, Air Force's Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Mexico, Gaza

☆ Mike Johnson tests his new power with risky gambit on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —New House Speaker Mike Johnson is already tying Washington in new partisan knots. Johnson surprises by picking Israel funding as his first test of credibilityJohnson’s hard ball play on Israel funding came as a surprise given that some of the urgency for ending the speakership impasse last week was to swiftly clear a funding package following the Hamas attacks. The Biden administration on Tuesday formally threatened to veto the House GOP’s standalone Israel aid bill. The inclusion of the offsets could indicate that Johnson needs to placate his most hardline members even to pass a measure as popular as Israel funding. Some other Senate conservatives are also at odds with their leader, backing the decoupling of Israel and Ukraine aid.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Kevin McCarthy, Joe Biden’s, Mitch McConnell, McCarthy, McConnell, Johnson, ” Beth Sanner, “, Biden, ” Sanner, Johnson’s, ’, Jared Moskowitz, ”, “ I’m, Marjorie Taylor Greene of, Rashida, Greene, George Santos, McConnell –, Donald Trump, –, Vladimir Putin, don’t, Rand Paul, he’s, ” Paul, CNN’s Manu Raju, Chuck Schumer, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Lloyd Austin, Putin, ‘ I’m Organizations: CNN, New, Washington, Republican, Republicans, stoke, Internal Revenue, GOP, Louisiana Republican, Democratic, Senate, National Intelligence, Central ”, White, Israel, National Republican, Extreme, Democrats, Jewish Democrat, “, GOP Rep, Democratic Rep, Democrat, New York Rep, titans, Taiwan, New York Democrat, US, NATO Locations: Israel, Louisiana, Ukraine, China, Russia, Washington, Gaza, Florida, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Palestinian American, Michigan, Kyiv, Kentucky, United States, Moscow, Iran, Tehran, Baltic

President Joe Biden’s Cabinet secretaries will be advocating for the foreign aid to a mostly friendly audience in the Senate, where majority Democrats and many Republicans support tying aid for the two countries together. Despite growing questions about the Ukraine aid within the Republican conference, Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell has forcefully advocated tying the aid for Ukraine and Israel together. As they returned to Washington on Monday night, Senate Republicans who support the Ukraine aid were uncertain of the path forward. 2 Senate Republican, said it could complicate Democrats’ efforts to pass the two together if there were a bipartisan vote for the Israel aid alone in the House. In recent weeks, though, a growing group of Senate Republicans have joined the majority of House Republicans who are advocating to slow down or stop U.S. aid to Ukraine.

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