WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Thursday that would aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy, overriding objections from Republican leaders who warned the bill would undermine negotiations designed to achieve a comparable but stronger result.
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., seeks to cement U.S. assistance for Ukraine by providing more than $1 billion in security and reconstruction aid. It would make another $8 billion available for Ukraine’s defense through loans.
agreed on all points
like, thank fuck the bill actually got passed, but the fact that it was a huge hurdle is incredibly fucked up
And the same members who stood with trump as he stripped Ukraine of any funding…now they’re seeing that russia is not winning this and they magically want to be on the winning side, while saying they supported our allies all along…