WASHINGTON - A $1.7 trillion spending bill financing federal agencies through September and providing more aid to a devastated Ukraine cleared the House on Friday as lawmakers race to finish their work for the year and avoid a partial government shutdown. The bill passed mostly along party lines...
The bill also provides 13.6 billion dollars in supplemental funding to boost humanitarian, security and economic assistance related to the Ukraine crisis. To pass the House, the bill was split into two parts: the defense portion which passed in a 361-69 vote, and the nondefense portion which ...
Washington —The House on Wednesday passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill to keep the federal government open and provide $13.6 billion in aid forUkraineand Eastern European countries, while $15.6 billion for the response to COVID-19 fell by the wayside as Democrats worked to pass the ...
In large part, Johnson’s strategy failed to bring along the conservative critics: more than half of the GOP conference voted against the Ukraine funding, leaving Democrats to carry the vote. And the four bills will now be packaged together and sent to the Senate, angering the hardliners eve...
But some House Republicans have expressed opposition to approving more money for Ukraine, making it uncertain whether a GOP-led House would pass a funding bill that included emergency assistance for the country. GOP lawmakers have also long been opposed to more pandemic-related funding. ...
for several more weeks until the FY2024 bills are finalized. Funding for Ukraine and Israel also remains in limbo. But as long as the Senate passes the new CR and the President signs it into law by midnight Friday, the government will continue working uninterrupted through the holiday season....
The House of Representatives was in no rush this week to consider a Ukraine aid package that also provides billions tojumpstart a domestic uranium enrichment industry, the Speaker of the House said. "We are not going to be forced into action by the Senate," Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), ...
The House approved legislation to avert a government shutdown hours before the deadline Friday, sending the bill to the Senate for consideration after a whirlwind week on Capitol Hill. The chamber voted 366-34-1 in support of the legislation, clearing th
Left out of Johnson's funding proposal is emergency assistance for Israel and Ukraine, which President Biden hadrequested Congress provideafter the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. It's unclear when Congress could act to approve the additional funding, but the speaker said approving the short-...
House passes Ukraine aid bill From CNN's Haley Talbot Democratic lawmakers wave Ukrainian flags after the House passed the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act. House TV The House passed the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act with a vote of 311-112. One member – GOP ...