The Intelligence: Split bill
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4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
After an all-nighter, a $95bn foreign aid bill for Ukraine and other allies passed the US Senate. But amid much division, it may not even make it to a House vote. Stray cows are a growing problem for India’s city dwellers. Could a new census help (09:25)? And, how people are spending less on Valentine’s Day (16:12)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. I'm off this week. |
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| 1:00.8 | The Economist |
| 1:06.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Oire Ogunbei. And I'm Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. When I first went to India as a kid, I vividly remember watching our taxi driver lose a parking space to a cow. |
| 1:30.4 | Personally, I thought it was hilarious, but jokes aside, these stray cows are becoming quite a menace |
| 1:36.4 | in India's cities. And getting a dinner reservation on Valentine's Day in Britain has become a bit |
| 1:44.0 | easier. |
| 1:45.0 | Fewer couples are going out. |
| 1:46.9 | We look at why that is and what they and singletons alike are doing instead. |
| 1:59.4 | First up, though. |
| 2:14.6 | America has moved one step closer to sending tens of billions of dollars in military aid to its allies. On this vote, the Yaser 70, the Nayser 29, the bill as amended passes. |
| 2:20.3 | In a vote that began at 515 yesterday morning, the Senate passed a bill that would allocate |
| 2:26.3 | funds to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, and humanitarian aid to Gaza. |
| 2:32.3 | The decision came after an all-night session and hours of opposition speeches from |
| 2:38.4 | Republican lawmakers. |
| 2:40.8 | But in the end, 22 of them joined most democratic senators to approve the legislation. |
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