Monday, February 26, 2024

(#5503) There must be some breakthrough on the Ukraine aid this week!

      My full attention this week will be on the effort of President Joe Biden to move obstructionist republicans in the House toward an agreement to put the Ukraine aid bill up for a vote. I don't know what Joe Biden will have to do to get these otherworldly republican congressional creatures to be responsible to doing the correct thing for America and the world but Joe must find a way to reverse their obstinance to protecting democracy. We the voters will do our job come November 5th 2024. However Ukraine does not have the luxury of holding out until our next election if they don't want to waste blood and treasure unnecessarily. 
     Several work arounds are underway to advance the bipartisan Senate bill that includes the Ukraine funding. When the Senate bill actually gets a vote it will pass with a large majority in the House but the current House leadership is balking at putting the bill up for a vote because trump demands they don't. He wants to hurt Joe Biden any way he can and by stopping the Ukraine aid he is attempting to make Biden look like a bad steward of our democracy. I suppose trump thinks the rest of us live in a vacuum and do not see his underhanded attempts to destroy good people while trying to make himself look good. Despite all that the congressional republicans are under severe pressure to ignore trump and do the correct thing.
     Whatever powers of reasoning and persuasion President Biden can muster must be employed now so as to put the perspective into the House republican leadership that there will be a heavy cost for further aid delay. There is no cost benefit analysis that can favor the House republican leadership when push comes to shove. So I expect that Joe Biden will be ready and able to move the aid bill along for a vote this week. The sooner the better and today would be wonderful if things fell into place like in a united effort to thwart the tyrant putin against a wonderfully brave Ukrainian society. All Americans can be proud if this aid bill gets a quick vote in the House and then Joe Biden will sign it into law and the munitions to the Ukrainian people can continue to help them push putin out of Ukraine!

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