Lawmakers Looking to Pass $50 Billion in New Ukraine Aid Before Next Congress

Source: https://news.antiwar.com/2022/10/20/lawmakers-looking-to-pass-50-billion-in-new-ukraine-aid-before-next-congress/
Published: Oct 21, 2022
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Post Date: 2022-10-21 11:53:21 by Horse
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Amid talk that it may be harder to push Ukraine aid through a Republican-controlled House if they win the majority in midterms, lawmakers from both parties are considering passing a new massive piece of legislation before newly elected members are sworn in this January.

NBC News reported Thursday that the bipartisan idea under consideration would be to pass a bill for Ukraine aid that could cover an entire year during the lame-duck period. The bill is expected to be worth roughly $50 billion, which would bring total US spending on the war to over $115 billion.

The new aid would likely be attached to an omnibus spending bill. An unnamed Republican senator told NBC that the legislation would make $12 billion of Ukraine aid that was included in a recent stopgap funding bill “look like pocket change.”

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#1: Darkwing    To: Horse (#0)

$50 BILLION, first: borrowed money, second: that money could house and feed a lot of people in the good old US of A.

Darkwing posted on 2022-10-21 13:02:16   Reply   Private Reply