The Senate is working to pass a $95.3 billion foreign aid bill with assistance for Ukraine and Israel, but it may be days until a final vote as GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is using arcane and complex chamber rules to slow down the process into the weekend.

The chamber cleared a critical 60-vote threshold to advance the bill on Thursday, and took another procedural vote Friday night. But without an agreement from all 100 senators to speed up the process and swiftly pass the legislation, the Senate is expected to work through the weekend with a final vote next week.

“I think we should stay here as long as it takes,” Paul told CNN’s Manu Raju on Thursday. “If it takes a week or a month, I’ll force them to stay here to discuss why they think the border of Ukraine is more important than the US border.”

  • Flying Squid
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    35 months ago

    Pointing out your hypocritical double-standard is not whataboutism. Sorry.

    • @quindraco@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      I didn’t apply a hypocritical double standard. You made a false claim and used whataboutism to deflect when I pointed it out.

      • Flying Squid
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        35 months ago

        Okay, you’re welcome to believe that.

        The fact remains that Zelensky is not a Nazi.

        • @quindraco@lemm.ee
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          5 months ago

          Of course he isn’t. Did you click the link to the source I provided about actual Nazis in the Ukraine military?

          • Flying Squid
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            15 months ago

            Your link was not relevant to the person I was talking to’s claim that Zelensky was a Nazi.