After stalling for months, Ukraine aid heads to vote in House of Representatives
US President Joe Biden has said he “strongly supports” a new $61bn (£49bn) aid bill for Ukraine, arguing it will “send a message to the world”.
The long-stalled measure is one of four that the House of Representatives will vote on this Saturday.
The legislation will also include funding for Israel as well as the Indo-Pacific.
Opposition from the right wing of the Republican party has stymied potential assistance for Ukraine for months.
Some of those lawmakers have sought to tie Ukraine assistance with funding for US-Mexico border enforcement.
Several Republican lawmakers, including Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene, who wants House Speaker Mike Johnson removed from his post, have already decried his plan.
With Republicans holding their smallest majority in the House in decades, Mr Johnson may have to appeal to Democrats to get the bills passed.
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