(Central News Agency, Washington, 22nd Comprehensive Foreign News Report) After the U.S. package bill totaling $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan was passed by the House of Representatives on the 20th with broad cross-party support, it passed a key test vote in the Senate today, which means that the package bill has passed Obtain the votes needed to pass the final vote in the Senate.
Reuters reported that the package bill received broad support from both the Democratic and Republican parties in the test vote, passing an overwhelming majority of 80 to 19 votes, far exceeding the 60 vote threshold required to pass the final vote. The Senate will hold a final vote today or tomorrow at the earliest. After passing the final vote, the package bill will be submitted to President Biden to sign into law.
The final vote in the Senate does not require the same complicated negotiations and disagreements as in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, so it is expected to pass smoothly.
The House of Representatives voted 360 to 58 to pass the first bill voted on on the 20th, the “21st Century Peace through Strength Act”. The bill includes sanctions on Iran and the seizure and freezing of Russian sovereignty. assets, and forcing short-form video platform TikTok to separate from Chinese parent company ByteDance (ByteDance), otherwise it will face a nationwide ban in the United States. TikTok has about 170 million users in the United States.
Then, the House of Representatives voted 385 to 34 to pass the US$8.1 billion “Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Bill” (Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Bill), which includes US$2 billion in military funding to Taiwan and other major allies, $1.9 billion to replenish defense supplies and services to Taiwan and regional partners, and $8.1 billion to counter China.
The “Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act” passed 311 to 112 votes. The bill will provide $61 billion to assist Ukraine and regional partners in fighting Russia.
Finally, the House of Representatives voted 366 to 58 to pass the “Israel Security Supplemental Bill” to provide $26.4 billion in aid to Israel.
The above four bills were merged into one amendment after being passed by the House of Representatives and submitted to the Senate for review. (Translator: Chen Zhengyi) 1130424
