US Lawmakers Rushing To Approve An Additional $50 Billion In Ukraine Aid Before A Possible GOP-Led Congress Can "Block It"

 

 NBC: With GOP skeptics of Ukraine aid poised to gain seats in Congress, lawmakers look to lock in a huge military assistance package  

One bipartisan idea would use a funding bill during the lame-duck session to secure a much higher level of military and other assistance. 

Amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, lawmakers from both parties are looking to lock in billions of dollars in military assistance to Kyiv before newly elected members are sworn in in January, according to a lawmaker and congressional staffers. 

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, who is poised to take over as speaker if the GOP wins a majority in the House in the November midterm elections, warned this week that his fellow party members are “not going to write a blank check to Ukraine.”  

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Update #1: Lawmakers could rush through $50 billion in aid for Ukraine before a possible GOP-led Congress can block it, report says (Business Insider)  

Update #2: US Congress looks to approve $50 billion in Ukraine aid, NBC reports (The New Voice of Ukraine)  

WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. This $50 billion additional aid, if approved before January, will be gone by summer (or earlier).