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Schumer says he won’t provide floor time for Republican legislation blocking Biden from withholding aid to Israel
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US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks after the Senate passed a foreign aid bill, including billions of dollars in military assistance for Israel, at the US Capitol in Washington on April 23, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP)
WASHINGTON, As expected, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he does not plan to provide floor time for a vote on Republican legislation preventing US President Joe Biden from withholding weapons shipments from Israel.
House Republicans are expected to vote and pass the legislation either today or tomorrow, but the bill was always a long shot because the Democrats control the Senate.
US President Joe Biden pledged to veto the bill if it reached his desk but Schumer indicated that won’t be necessary.
“The president has already said he’d veto it, so it’s not going anywhere,” he tells reporters.
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