• Drusas@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    You understand the concept that more than one thing can happen at a time, yes?

    • Ranvier@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      Not to mention these projects are just a small part of a $550 billion dollar infrastructure investment bill.

      But for the poster above you, the idea of that law is instead of passing smaller bills regularly, this will make sure there’s enough funds available until the end of the Ukraine war so it doesn’t get used as a bargaining chip by Republicans in domestic squabbles, and so the Russians know they can’t win by just waiting for America to get bored and stop supporting Ukraine. Attaching a small amount of Israel support and other things to it are a way to help ensure it gets bipartisan support to pass (since even though republicans no longer really want to vote to help Ukraine, they do want to be seen to help Israel, and republican support is needed to get it through the house of representatives which they control).