A coalition of more than a dozen powerful conservative groups is pressing lawmakers to delay consideration of any additional aid to Ukraine until the new Congress is sworn in next year.
A coalition of more than a dozen powerful conservative groups is pressing lawmakers to delay consideration of any additional aid to Ukraine until the new Congress is sworn in next year, Axios has learned.It's an early indication of the pressure Republicans are expected to face from some of their most influential grassroots allies to use a House majority as a bulwark against the flow of American aid money to Ukraine.
"Any new aid package to Ukraine should be thoroughly debated, examined, and voted on in the 118th Congress," they wrote. The organizations represented in the letter include Americans for Prosperity, the Heritage Foundation, FreedomWorks, Conservative Partnership Institute, America First Policy Institute and several groups within the Koch network.The letter specifically targets a potential aid package in the lame-duck session but represents the broader and growing opposition to Ukraine aid embodied by the "America First" foreign policy sentiment promoted by the conservative grassroots.
It argues that sending more aid "disregards the fiscal constraints facing this country," that other NATO allies aren't contributing their fair share and that the Biden administration hasn't set clear enough end goals for the war. "We understand the desire to help the people of Ukraine. They are the victims of a brutal and immoral Russian invasion," it says. "However, do not negate the responsibility of the United States Congress to place American interests first and foremost when shaping U.S. foreign policy.
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