US Senate to consider bills on aid to Israel and Ukraine next week
Kyiv • UNN
Next week, the US Senate plans to consider aid bills for Israel and Ukraine, with Majority Leader Schumer insisting on bipartisan support despite disagreements over funding for security of the US southern border.
US Senate to begin consideration of aid bills for for Israel and Ukraine next week. This was stated by Senate Majority Leader Chuck majority leader Chuck Schumer, adding that the aid bill is necessary even in the lack of agreement with Republicans on funding for security measures of the southern borders of the United States. This was reported by Reuters, according to UNN.
I'm going to put it to a vote next week, hopefully with bipartisan support, because that's the only way to do this
Context
Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson introduced a bill on temporary funding of the federal government, where he proposed to exclude aid to Ukraine and Israel and money for the defense of the southern border of the United States. According to the speaker, the issue of allocating funds to help Israel, Ukraine, and to strengthen the border should be considered in isolation from the bill to fund the government to avoid a shutdown.
As UNN reported , US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that the White House calls on Congress to approve aid to Ukraine as soon as possible. According to him, the national interests of the United States will be seriously harmed if the United States fails to provide and maintain funding for aid, in particular to Ukraine.
