Among other outlets, NBC News is reporting Thursday that Congress is trying to secure another $50 billion in aid for Ukraine with the looming threat of the GOP taking over in January. As we had reported at the end of September, Congress had reached an agreement to send another $12 billion in aid.
NBC News reports:
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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Congress has allocated a total of $65 billion in funding to Ukraine since Russia attacked the country in February.
Just a couple of weeks ago, President Biden told the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee that the country under his leadership is as close to “Armageddon” as it has been since the Cuban Missile Crisis in the 1960s … before heading to Delaware for the weekend.
JUST IN – U.S. lawmakers discuss passing a $50 billion aid package for Ukraine by end of January, NBC reports citing sources.
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) October 20, 2022
Is anyone auditing how all the money being sent to Ukraine is being spent? US taxpayers would like to know.
— J-Dub (@FelixWankel125) October 20, 2022
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When does it end? By the end of January we will see another headline like this for March.
— Lowkey Rey 2.0 🇺🇸 (@AtlRey) October 20, 2022
Sure why not
— Rob G (@NYYFan63) October 20, 2022
Is this real??
— SportsConvos (@Sportsfan7771) October 20, 2022
I think the citizens of the US should vote on it.
— Clif Salter (@saltercas88) October 20, 2022
Can’t believe people are paying their taxes for this
— ⓟolⓚad⬡t ₿🅡own (@bitcoin_brown) October 20, 2022
This has to be a money laundering scheme, no other way to put it.
— Frac (@Comrade6911) October 20, 2022
— ☯️Christine☯️ (@Dreambout45) October 20, 2022
I thought it was just about time to launder some more money…great timing
— Darik Buchar (@dbuchar) October 20, 2022
The fact they're discussing this means the will of the people are an afterthought. They all dance like AOC does while getting booed.
— Defund Politicians or HFSP (@btc_dgb) October 20, 2022
I didn't vote on this.
— Adam Simecka – Hands Free Bitcoin (@AdamSimecka) October 20, 2022
10% for the big guy! 😂
— David J. Flood (@ElementaryValue) October 20, 2022
With all this money you would think they can build another Ukraine somewhere off the coast by now
— MichaelS 🇺🇸💪🇺🇸 (@MichaelSparo) October 20, 2022
I just can’t with this anymore 🤬🤬
— David Molesevich (@dmolesevich) October 20, 2022
It would appear they have discovered an infinite lobbying opportunity.
— Ryan Freebing (@RFreebing) October 20, 2022
Of course why not? Its not like people in the US are suffering from inflation and rising cost of living. We don't need the money at all
— Financeback Gorilla (@FinanceGoriIla) October 20, 2022
We remember when outlets like NPR were having a fit that Trump’s wall protecting our own border had hit the $11 billion mark.
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DISGRACEFUL! U.S. Military service members told to apply for food stamps as Biden admin sends BILLIONS more of our tax dollars to Ukrainehttps://t.co/Di9EaG6voo
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 13, 2022
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