News Wrap: Bipartisan House coalition passes $95 billion foreign aid package

John: Good evening. A highly unusual bipartisan coalition of the house has been overwhelmingly passed the long-delayed foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. On the house floor, Democrats stood and cheered while waving Ukrainian flags. Earlier, lawmakers turned back an amendment from ultra conservative representative Marjorie Taylor Greene that would have stripped out the $60 billion for the Ukraine. House Republicans said that border security was more pressing. House speaker Mike Johnson held a separate vote on a border security bill and it failed to get the support needed to pass. The house approved language that could lead to a ban on tiktok. The entire measure goes to the senate. Last night the senate approved a two year extension of a controversial surveillance law that is part of FISA. The 60/34 vote came the minutes after the provision expired. This means the government may continue to collect without a warrant to the communications of foreign targets even when communicating with Americans. Privacy and civil rights advocates have want to the government to get a warrant to do that. And a strike in gaza killed at least nine people six of them children according to hospital officials. More airstrikes in central gaza killed at least one civilian in a refugee camp. There is an investigation into the overnight explosion at a base used by Iranian officials. It came less than a day after a suspected Israeli strike near an Iranian nuclear site. And former U.S. Governor David cryer has died. He was one of the state's most popular politicians. He went undercover to investigate nursing homes and was the chief sponsor of the tax bill of rights. He was a survivor of a heart attack, stroke and covid-19. His son said that he died of natural causes. David Pryor was 89 years old. Still to come, what is at stake for India and its allies and what can be done to protect journalists reporting on the front lines of deadly conflict? >> This is pbs news weekend from

Channel: PBS NewsHour

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Keywords: congress, FISA, FISA Amendments Act, Israel-Hamas, rafah, senate, Speaker Mike Johnson, TikTok, ukraine aid

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Length: 2min 41sec (161 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 20 2024