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Alan wrote:
> I look for primary sources.

Then when you get them you dissemble:




https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-unveils-118-billion-bipartisan-bill-tighten-border-security-aid-2024-02-04/

The U.S. Senate on Sunday unveiled a $118 billion bipartisan border 
security bill that would also provide aid to Ukraine and Israel, but it 
promptly slammed into opposition from the House of Representatives.

In addition to $20.23 billion for border security, the bill included 
$60.06 billion to support Ukraine in its war with Russia, $14.1 billion 
in security assistance for Israel, $2.44 billion to U.S. Central Command 
and the conflict in the Red Sea, and $4.83 billion to support U.S. 
partners in the Indo-Pacific facing aggression from China, according to 
figures from Senator Patty Murray, who chairs the Senate's Appropriation 
Committee.
An additional $10 billion would provide humanitarian assistance for 
civilians in conflict zones including in Ukraine, Gaza and the West 
Bank, although the bill includes a provision barring its funds from 
going to the U.N. agency for Palestinians, UNRWA.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/5/us-senate-unveils-118bn-deal-on-border-aid-for-israel-and-ukraine

The United States Senate has unveiled a $118bn bipartisan deal that 
would boost border security and provide wartime aid for Israel and Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden and Democratic and Republican leaders in the 
Senate have been pushing to resupply Ukraine with wartime aid but have 
faced resistance from conservative Republicans who have insisted on 
measures to tackle illegal immigration at the border with Mexico.


Damn if congreffs didn't negotiate some of that foreign pork out!

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/national_security_and_border_act_summary.pdf


National Security and Border Act, 2024
Summary
DIVISION A –
NATIONAL SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024
Title I – Department of Defense
Assistance to Ukraine.
Provides $15.1 billion for continued U.S. support to Ukraine through 
military training,
intelligence sharing, increased presence in the European Command area of 
responsibility, and
other support activities through November 15, 2024.
Assistance to Israel.
Provides $10.6 billion to support Israel, including $4 billion for 
Israeli missile defense
capabilities and $1.2 billion to accelerate development of the Iron Beam 
missile defense system.
Procurement Assistance.
In total, provides over $43.6 billion to be invested in the U.S. 
industrial base to increase U.S.
weapons and munitions production capacity, invest in the U.S. submarine 
industrial base, and
enhance U.S. and allied stockpiles, including:
 $13.5 billion for weapons to be built by the U.S. industrial base to 
re-arm Ukraine.
 $24.25 billion to be invested in the U.S. industrial base to replenish 
U.S. weapons
provided to Ukraine and Israel.
 $3.01 billion to enhance the U.S. submarine industrial base through 
infrastructure
improvements at public and private shipyards and investments in the U.S. 
submarine
industry and its workforce.
 Over $2.8 billion to enhance production capacity of the U.S. munitions 
industrial base.
Oversight.
Provides $8 million for the Department of Defense Inspector General to 
oversee supplemental
funding. Continues to require the Secretaries of Defense and States to 
hold Ukraine accountable
for weapons transferred to ensu