Jennifer Shutt, Pennsylvania Capital-Star Military and humanitarian aid could be on its way to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan within weeks after the U.S. House took a series of overwhelmingly bipartisan votes Saturday to approve $95 billion in emergency assistance — and the Senate appeared poised to agree. The approval in …
Read More »House Heads Toward Saturday Vote On $95B In Aid For Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan
Jennifer Shutt, Nebraska Examiner The U.S. House on Friday moved one step closer to approving billions in military and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, with Democrats providing crucial support to Republican leaders after defections by their hard-right members. Lawmakers in the broadly bipartisan 316-94 vote approved a rule …
Read More »Death of Russian Dissident Raises Stakes For U.S. Aid To Ukraine, Biden Warns
Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder President Joe Biden urged U.S. House Republicans on Friday to approve funding for Ukraine after Russian dissident Alexei Navalny died in the custody of Vladimir Putin’s government. Speaking from the White House Friday afternoon, Biden said the death of Navalny, a persistent critic of Russian President …
Read More »Senate Advances $95.3B Bill That Includes Emergency Funding For Ukraine, Israel
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder The U.S. Senate moved past a procedural hurdle Thursday to begin work on a $95 billion emergency spending bill that would provide military and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The strong 67-32 vote, which could predict eventual approval, came after a tense week on …
Read More »Urgent Congressional Action Needed as U.S. Approaches Exhaustion of Ukraine Aid Funding
Jimmy Williams The United States is on the verge of running out of funding for Ukraine this month if Congress fails to pass President Joe Biden’s emergency supplemental spending request, according to a National Security Council spokesperson. The Biden administration is set to announce one more package of military aid …
Read More »White House Says Funding For Ukraine Is Running Out, With No Deal In Sight In Congress
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder The Biden administration said Wednesday there’s roughly $1 billion left in military aid for Ukraine and predicted that funding will last less than a month if Congress doesn’t approve another supplemental spending bill. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during the daily briefing that “the …
Read More »Zelenskyy Pitches Congress On Ukraine Military Aid, But It’s Tied To Stalled Border Talks
Jennifer Shutt, Maine Morning Star Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy struggled Tuesday to convince members of Congress to approve billions in additional aid to his country at a crucial moment in the nearly two-year war with Russia. But the outlook was grim as lawmakers remained deadlocked on another piece of a …
Read More »Divided Over Immigration, Senate Blocks Advancing Aid For Ukraine, Israel
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder The U.S. Senate failed to move forward Wednesday with a $111 billion spending package that would have bolstered aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the Southern border amid deep disagreement about immigration policy. The 49-51 procedural vote, which needed at least 60 senators to advance the …
Read More »Border Talks Stuck As Senate Nears Vote On Package For Israel, Ukraine Aid
Ariana Figueroa, Arkansas Advocate The success of the U.S. Senate in passing a $106 billion global security supplemental aid package hinges on a bipartisan agreement about U.S. border security, but any deal was at an impasse Tuesday. “There will not be a national security bill unless and until there is …
Read More »House Progressives Vow to Oppose Spending Bill With Anti-Migrant Policies
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams The U.S. Congressional Progressive Caucus said Monday that most of its 103 members would oppose an emergency spending package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan that empowers the Republican House majority to undermine protections for asylum-seekers, reinstate Trump-era travel bans, and implement other anti-immigrant policies. “As Congress …
Read More »Congress Is Haggling Over Border Security: Where Does It Stand?
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder As Congress negotiates the White House’s $106 billion supplemental aid request for Israel, Ukraine and U.S. border security, fights over immigration policy have tied up the request. The White House sent its proposal that includes nearly $14 billion in supplemental border security funding to Congress in late October, but it …
Read More »Biden Administration Warns Of Dangers Of Turning Down Ukraine Aid As GOP Voices Doubts
Ashley Murray, Idaho Capital Sun U.S. senators from both parties and administration officials sounded the alarm last week on the path forward for Ukraine amid dwindling U.S. humanitarian, economic development and security assistance and as Congress risks a government shutdown in less than 10 days. During a hearing before the …
Read More »White House Asks Congress For $100 Billion For Israel, Ukraine, Border
Jacob Fischler, Florida Phoenix The Biden administration asked Congress on Friday to approve nearly $106 billion in new funding for military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Israel and other countries and to improve security on the U.S.-Mexico border. The funding request includes $92.2 billion for national security, including $61.4 billion …
Read More »‘If we don’t get the aid, we will lose the war’: Zelenskyy asks Congress to help Ukraine
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers to reiterate the need for continued aid to support his country’s fight against the Russian invasion, even as the U.S. faces a partial government shutdown as soon as the end of the …
Read More »Biden Asks Congress for $40B for Ukraine Aid, U.S. Disaster Response, Border Security
Jennifer Shutt, Arkansas Advocate The Biden administration is asking Congress to approve more than $40 billion in additional spending for Ukraine, border security, FEMA’s disaster response and wildland firefighters pay. The supplemental spending request comes in the middle of Congress’ annual August recess, giving lawmakers weeks to mull over the …
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