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The House of Representatives of the United States has approved a bill on the confiscation of assets of the Russian Federation in favor of Ukraine

American senators supported the ban on TikTok and transfer of assets of the Russian Federation to Ukraine. The meeting is ongoing, ahead - the allocation of $ 64 billion. On April 20, the House of Representatives of the US Congress supported the allocation of frozen assets of the Russian Federation to Ukraine. Voting on a funding package of more than $ 60 billion. begins. The results of the voting became known during the online broadcast of the meeting of the House of Representatives.

According to the results of the vote, the idea of ​​allocation of frozen assets was supported by 360 US parliamentarians. Among them, there were 176 votes from the Democratic Party, "for" from the Republican Party - 183. In the same bill No. 8038, TikTok's ban and new sanctions against Iran. It should be noted that US President Joe Biden in the fall of 2023 proposed a bill on allocation of more than $ 100 billion. To help Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and migration issues.

Republican party representatives blocked the vote under the pretext that you first need to solve problems at the border with Mexico. Financing has been postponed for more than six months. In February, the Senate separates the issues of allocation of migration funds, but the speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican Mike Johnson delayed the bill to vote. In the end, the package was divided into several parts and the speaker agreed to vote them to the House of Representatives.