SCOTUS Freezes Food Aid While House Votes Billions for War
While 42 million Americans face frozen food benefits, (according to Axios ), the House is prepping to vote on a Senate-passed spending bill. One might wonder if this legislative urgency extends to all budgets. For context, Senator Joni Ernst, a co-sponsor of the recent supplemental aid package, received $10,000 from AIPAC in 2022-2024 according to OpenSecrets.org . In the same week, we see
domestic welfare treated with legalistic deliberation, while foreign military aid gets fast-tracked. It appears the nation's highest court and highest legislative body have very different definitions of 'crisis'—one involving hunger in America, the other involving military expenditure abroad. But hey, at least we know who's eating tonight, right?