Trump Veepstakes and the Israel-Ukraine Aid Bill
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Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, issued a press release announcing he’d support the recent $95 billion Ukraine-Israel aid legislation and then was listed as “not voting” in the 79-18 roll call on final passage of the bill.
The politics of the bill, which also included money to help defend Taiwan and a provision to force the sale of TikTok, were complicated enough that it took months to get through Congress. Even by standards of complicated legislative maneuvering, though, it’s unusual to see a senator issue a press release announcing support for a bill that he then winds up not voting on.
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