VP Kamala Harris, Presides Over Senate, to Pass Afghanistan Evacuee Bill.<br />VP Kamala Harris, Presides Over Senate, to Pass Afghanistan Evacuee Bill.<br />On August 31, the Senate passed a bill to assist Americans forced to evacuate Afghanistan.<br />'Politico' reports that Vice President Kamala Harris made a rare recess appearance to preside over the chamber.<br />'Politico' reports that Vice President Kamala Harris made a rare recess appearance to preside over the chamber.<br />The legislation boosts repatriation funding to help <br />the over 5,000 Americans who were evacuated from Afghanistan <br />after the Taliban rapidly took control of the country.<br />On August 30, the U.S. completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending the nearly 20-year war.<br />It also marked the conclusion of a massive <br />airlift operation which saw the evacuation <br />of over 100,000 people.<br />They’ve been uprooted. They were living in <br />Afghanistan. So [it’s] to take care of their <br />necessities on a short-term basis — it might <br />be housing, sustenance, food, transportation, <br />those kind of things, on a short-term basis, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), via 'Politico'.<br />'Politico' reports that the Biden administration has said a few hundred Americans remain in Afghanistan and are in need of evacuation.<br />The president and his national security team have <br />been criticized for their alleged mismanagement <br />of the withdrawal of U.S. troops.<br />The president and his national security team have <br />been criticized for their alleged mismanagement <br />of the withdrawal of U.S. troops.<br />They have also been accused of failing <br />to adequately prepare for a rapid Taliban <br />takeover of the country
