The House of Representatives will vote Tuesday on $ 40 billion in new military aid and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, more than President Joe Biden has requested.
Last month, the White House requested a 33 billion -dollar budget extension to help Ukraine repel Russia’s offensive, support its economy and meet humanitarian assistance needs.
According to Bloomberg, the total of about 7 billion dollars the Democrats added to their project includes more precisely 3.4 billion in military aid and as much in humanitarian aid.
On Monday, Joe Biden urged Congress to pass it, saying in a statement that the existing envelope would be exhausted in approximately 10 days.
The original goal was to tie the Ukraine aid package to $ 10 billion in additional funding to fight the coronavirus pandemic, but Republicans have threatened to freeze the Ukraine envelope if Democrats include their project funding for the fight against COVID.
We cannot afford to postpone this important war effort [contre la Russie]Joe Biden admitted in a press release published Monday.
Therefore, I am willing to accept that these two steps are advanced separately, so that the draft law on assistance to Ukraine will arrive immediately on my table.he said, however, stressed the importance of funding the fight against COVID, which failed more Americans will die unnecessarily.
Last month, Republicans blocked the COVID bill, backed by Republicans, asking for a vote on an amendment that would prevent Joe Biden from removing the transfer restrictions during the Trump era that were placed during the pandemic.
Since the Russian invasion began on February 24, the United States has provided approximately US $ 3.8 billion in military aid to Kyiv.
On Monday, President Biden signed legislation that would facilitate the export of military equipment to Ukraine, removing a World War II measure used to fight Nazi Germany.
Source: Radio-Canada
