AOC and progressives slam spending bill that halts funding for UNRWA as ‘unconscionable’
by Eric Garcia and Katie Hawkinson
Mar 21, 2024
3 minutes
Progressives slammed the bipartisan spending bill that would keep the government open for the rest of the year for its proposal to halt direct US funding for the primary humanitarian agency operating in Gaza until 2025.
The leaders of the Appropriations Committees on the House and Senate released the text for six spending bills to keep the government open for the rest of the fiscal year which ends on 30 September. But progressives immediately criticised the bills for cutting off aid to Palestinians amid a humanitarian crisis.
Progressive Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told that further halting
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