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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/14/world/middleeast/schumer-israel-aid-hamas.html?smid=url-share

@Dynd How are we defining “announced”? Announce: make a formal public statement about a fact, occurrence, or intention. would imply that Schumer’s office has made a formal statement on the existence of an aid package going through

@HeteroskedasticTrader a delegation announcing a discussion about possible aid is not a formal announcement. Schumer has said: “I’m very hopeful we can pass that by unanimous consent,” Mr. Schumer, Democrat of New York, said of the resolution. When it comes to putting an actual aid package for Israel on the Senate floor, Mr. Schumer said he wanted to consult first with Israeli officials, but “I think the sooner, the better.” This is just a handful of senators talking about aid. It is not in any way an announcement that financial aid will come. Congress is still awaiting a supplemental funding request from the White House.

https://time.com/6322820/israel-aid-biden-congress-hamas/

Biden and Congress Craft $2 Billion Israel Aid Package

Multiple sources tell TIME that the aid package being crafted by the White House and Congress would largely fund munitions.

The US government cannot approve aid to Israel (or Ukraine) until a new Speaker of the House of Representatives is approved. It’s very unlikely that a Speaker will be elected AND a funding package is approved by Sunday Oct 15 … IMHO.

https://insidedefense.com/insider/biden-will-seek-emergency-funds-congress-aid-israel

This one might be close

Biden will seek emergency funds from Congress to aid Israel | InsideDefense.com

President Biden said today that he will ask Congress -- half of which is destabilized due to the ousting of the former House speaker -- to approve an emergency security aid package for Israel in the coming days that will help the Defense Department continue to send ammunition and replenish Iron Dome interceptors needed to fend off Hamas rocket attacks.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/10/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza/413a9048-6f37-5d2d-827f-da7713736c03?smid=url-share

Karoun Demirjian
Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, is cutting short a trip to China, South Korea and Japan in light of the expanding war between Israel and Hamas, his office announced Tuesday.

In a phone conversation with Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, from Beijing, Schumer pledged that the Senate would do “whatever it takes” to ensure Israel has the supplies it needs. He is expected to return to the United States on Thursday, and receive a classified briefing on developments in the Middle East once he is back.

Karoun Demirjian

The leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas, and Gregory Meeks, Democrat of New York, filed a bipartisan resolution Tuesday to express solidarity with Israel and pledge lawmakers’ readiness to provide Israel with whatever emergency assistance it needs for its war against Hamas and siege of the Gaza Strip. An additional 390 House members have endorsed the resolution.