WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Pentagon is poised to send an initial $1 billion package
The Senate cleared a major hurdle Tuesday toward final passage of a $95 billion foreign aid package, teeing up a final vote later in the evening.
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Yuval RosenbergApril 22, 2024After the House on Saturday approved a $95 billion, four-bill bundle of foreign aid legislation, the Senate is set
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on the Senate floor Tuesday decried the $95 billion foreign aid package, calling it "legislative blackmail" to get Republicans to drop their demand for border security.
U.S. officials say the Pentagon is poised to send $1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine as the Senate begins debate on long-awaited legislation to fund the weapons Kyiv needs to stall gains made by Russia. The decision announced Tuesday comes after months of frustration, as bitterly divided members of Congress deadlocked over the funding. House Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to cobble together a bipartisan coalition to pass the bill. The overall $95 billion foreign aid package is expected...
Additional aid for Ukraine could be made available “within days” said Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder earlier today.
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday applauded the passage of legislation to provide Ukraine, Israel, and America’s Indo-Pacific partners with $95 billion in security assistance to support their national defense, including $9.15 billion in lifesaving humanitarian aid, and to stem the flow of fentanyl into the United States. Fellow Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley,
The U.S. will send a massive $1 billion military weapons package - including long-range missiles, ammunition, drones and vehicles - to send the Ukraine.
America continues to fund both sides of conflicts and wars. This is typified by the latest Israel aid portion of the package voted on by the House of Representatives.
President Joe Biden’s signature on the $95 billion national security package Wednesday is already sending more weapons to Ukraine.