House Democratic leaders have also called on McCarthy to advance a bill to the House floor for a vote that supports Ukraine. "I'm going to make sure that the weapons are provided for Ukraine, but they're not going to get some big package if the border is not secure," McCarthy said ...
A funding billpassed by the U.S. Senateon Monday, but not yet picked up by the House of Representatives, includes around $60 billion in additional military aid for Ukraine. But if and when it is approved, "they don't just hand over all of the money to Ukraine," Arnold explained. "T...
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., is demanding that Senate leadership assure him they'll hold a vote at some point soon on additional funding for Ukraine, which the House stripped out of the bill. If they can't assure him, he might block the Senate from holding a vote Saturday night. I...
After Congress avoided a shutdown, President Joe Biden said in a statement that America's support for Ukraine can't be interrupted and called on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to secure enough votes to pass a separate aid bill It's been a challenging year-and-a-hal...
The new bill dropped steep spending cuts sought by conservative Republicans, and does not include additional aid for Ukraine sought by Democrats.
The president added that he expects the Republican House speaker will help secure more U.S. aid to Ukraine, which was left out of the stopgap bill. "We cannot under any circumstances allow American support for Ukraine to be interrupted," Biden said. ...
A Senate-proposed stopgap funding bill, unveiled Tuesday, would fund the government at current levels until mid-November, and included roughly $6 billion of aid for Ukraine and about 6 billion dollars for domestic disaster relief. The Senate bill didn't gain enough support in the House, as a...
The new bill dropped steep spending cuts sought by conservative Republicans, and does not include additional aid for Ukraine sought by Democrats. ■
The new bill dropped steep spending cuts sought by conservative Republicans, and does not include additional aid for Ukraine sought by Democrats. ■
Also on Wednesday, Biden urged Congress to approve a supplemental budget request he proposed in October, which included 61.4 billion dollars in additional funding for Ukraine. "This cannot wait," Biden said when delivering a televised speech from the White House. "Congress needs to pass supplementa...