US House of Representatives approves roughly $40 billion Ukraine aid bill. The legislation will now go to the Senate for a vote.
All 57 votes in opposition were from Republicans. The measure will next need to be passed by the Senate before it can go to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said earlier in the day on Tuesday that after the House approved the package, the Senate"will move swiftly" to get the measure passed and sent to Biden's desk.
funding allows the administration to buy weapons from contractors and then provide those weapons to Ukraine, so this method does not draw directly from US stocks. According to a fact sheet from House Democrats, the funding will be used to assist Ukrainian military and national security forces and will go toward weapons, equipment, training, logistics and intelligence support as well as other needs.There will also be roughly $9 billion to help restock US equipment that has been sent to Ukraine.
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