House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said his chamber has no plans to take up legislation that would boost military aid to Ukraine above the levels allowed in a bill signed into law last week by President Biden.
would not prevent Congress from passing supplemental funding for Ukraine beyond the agreement’s $886 billion for defense in the next fiscal year.
In a separate interview Monday, McCarthy told CNN that he thinks “efficiencies” can be found in the Pentagon budget, freeing up funding for other priorities. Despite the concerns, the Senate passed the House bill without making any changes. Amendments to the bill would have sent it back to the House, which probably would not have had enough time to consider it again before an unprecedented U.S. government default.Lindsey O. Graham , among the senators expressing concern that defense spending is too low, said he considered McCarthy’s posture to be “a shame” and said he wants to find additional funding for the Pentagon elsewhere in the federal budget.
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