<body><div><p><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=12R2lL_0pEFFECI00" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=12R2lL_0pEFFECI00" width="2000" height="1333" ></p><h1> Bernie Sanders Responds to Biden’s Request for $105 Billion Aid Package: ‘We Have Crises Here at Home Too’ </h1><h2> The package includes aid to Israel, Ukraine and the US-Mexico border </h2> Published | Updated Mariana Labbate <div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/MYXrFwU2-MnJsLX6t.html" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div></div><p> Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., took to social media on Monday to criticize President Joe Biden's recent request for a <a href="https://themessenger.com/politics/biden-105-billion-aid-package-ukraine-israel-border" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> $105 billion aid package </a> aimed at Ukraine, Israel and the U.S.-Mexico border. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> "Congress cannot approve BILLIONS in a supplemental budget that ONLY addresses critical emergencies around the world," Sanders said on X. "We have crises here at home too — child care, health care, housing, opioid addiction — that need major funding NOW and must be included in the supplemental." </p><p> The aid was first requested on Friday, and would cover fiscal 2024, which runs from Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024. It includes $61.4 billion for Ukraine to help with equipment, intelligence support and humanitarian aid; and $14.3 billion for Israel for missile and defense support. <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1716493592779198983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1716493592779198983%7Ctwgr%5Ef40f28e95c196359c88db18327ffb8b85ef25f95%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.themessenger.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D672783action%3Dedit" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a></p><a href="https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1716493592779198983" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> View post on Twitter </a><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate></div></body>

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The package includes aid to Israel, Ukraine and the US-Mexico border