President Donald Trump also expressed his support for this decision, although the fund does not include the items he requested to resolve the wave of migrants on the country’s southern border.
The bill received 85 votes in favor and only 8 votes in the US Senate. The fund will be used to assist victims affected by natural disasters across the United States in the past two years, from storms in the Southeast to the Midwest floods or forest disasters. in California. The fund also includes funds for repairing highways and other infrastructure as well as helping farmers who suffer crop losses. The bill also includes $ 1.4 billion in support for Puerto Rico territory, a proposal that was rejected by President Trump.
In addition, the bill does not include the $ 4.5 billion emergency assistance that President Trump requested earlier this month to address the wave of Central American migrants to the border with Mexico.
However, speaking to the press at the White House, Mr. Trump expressed full support for the bill because he did not want to delay the support of farmers who suffered further losses, and expressed confidence in the support for the operation. Immigration control will be adopted later. It is expected that the US Senate will discuss humanitarian support measures at the southern border when returning to work in early June after the holiday.
Democrats said the House of Representatives would soon bring the bill to vote. Currently most MPs in the US House have gone on vacation, but the bill can still be passed on May 24 according to the "absolute consensus" process. According to this process, if any MPs object, the bill will have to wait to cast a vote as usual when the House of Commons returns to work on June 4.
