Speaker Kevin McCarthy is considering leaving out additional Ukraine aid from a stopgap spending bill in favor of a potential standalone vote on yet more funds for the European nation.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is considering breaking from the Senate and stiff-arming the Biden White House by leaving out additional Ukraine aid from a stopgap spending bill in favor of a potential standalone vote on yet more aid for the European nation.
Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, perhaps the most ardent supporter of American financing of Ukrainian war efforts, sides with President Biden, supporting bundling all the White House’s requested aid packages with the spending bill while acknowledging “a difference of opinion in my party” on the significance of the war to America’s national security interests.
In some of his first remarks since suffering a second puzzling freezing episode, McConnell chastised President Biden for “not being decisive enough” on Ukraine, calling for even more funding than has been proposed. McConnell claims “our assistance is being used to good effect” despite the Ukrainian summer offensive being repelled by Russian forces continuing to occupy large swaths of Ukraine.
The mood is different in the House, where $4 billion for border security might not be enough to placate some conservatives. As part of his strategy, McCarthy is likely to pursue additional border security funding and policy changes in return for greasing the skids in the Capitol for Ukraine assistance. Rep.
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