"Armed the next head": what happens to the US Congress Aid

The allocation of money for Ukraine has to receive a debate in the Senate and receive at least 60 votes for. The final vote will take place on February 13-14, and then the bill will come to the House of Representatives. On the evening of February 9, local time in the US Senate, the Upper House of Congress, there was a vote on the allocation of $ 95. 3 billion. in support of Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

The additional assistance document deleted the mention of safety measures at the border, hoping that it will allow the vote of the Republican Party. Some of the Republicans have supported the bill, but still have new reasons for denial. The details of the discussion in the Senate are referred to in the article on The Hill. The portal stated that the leader of the majority in the Senate, the representative of the Democratic Party, Chuck Sumer made the decision to remove the costs of defense.

That is why the total amount of additional funding for which senators are debited decreased from $ 101 billion. up to $ 95. 3 billion The changes were needed to overcome the resistance of the Republicans who required first to process migration legislation and then to give money to partners. The results of voting in the Senate under the new proposal - 64 votes in favor, including four votes of Republicans. Voices "Against" - 19 (Republicans).

It should be noted that the Politico portal indicated that the independent senator of Bernie Sanders also voted against the independent senator - he has a concern with the issue of Gaza and he would not want to give money to Israel. The Hill made statements of two representatives of the Upper House of Congress. The leader of Democrats Sumer recalled that senators need to make a decision as soon as possible.

Republican leader in the Senate Mitch McConnell, meanwhile, urged not to resist funds for Ukraine, as they would need the new commander -in -chief of the Armed Forces to repel the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. "[Senators - ed. ] There is a" duty "to provide common defense and equip the next commander -in -chief of tools to use American force," the journalists of the Senator's words stated.

The Politico portal explained what stages the draft law on additional funding should take to finally get into the House of Representatives, where the final decision would be made. First, two days will discuss edits, whereby Republicans plan to spend a maximum of time on each proposal. On Sunday, February 11, there will be a summary vote on additional funding without borders: 60 votes are required. There are two more procedural votes on Monday.

Finally, the final will take place on Tuesday or Wednesday (February 13-14), the authors of the portal explained. It should be noted that in October 2023, US President Joe Biden appealed to Congress to allocate an additional $ 101 billion funding, with about $ 64 billion in Ukraine. The Senate supported the proposal, instead, in the lower house, senators from the Republican Party block the decision. At first, the Republicans indicated that they did not understand what Ukraine would spend on.