On January 19, US President Joe Biden signed a law approved by both houses of Congress to finance the government and prevent a shutdown (stopping the work of federal services). About it reported on the White House website.
It is noted that Biden signed a law that provides appropriations to federal structures for the 2024 fiscal year (began October 1, 2023).
The document provides for the allocation of funds to continue the functioning of federal institutions until March 1, and in some cases (including the Pentagon) until March 8.
On January 18, the temporary budget bill was approved by the US Senate. On the night of January 19, the document was also adopted by the House of Representatives, wrote Reuters. The bill, in particular, was supported by 314 congressmen, and 108 were against it.
Majority Leader in the US Senate, Democrat Chuck Schumer, reported that after the adoption of the interim budget, the Senate should begin considering Biden’s request for additional national security funding, including, among other things, assistance to Ukraine.
Context:
USA, according to data As of December 27, 2023, during the administration of President Joe Biden, the Pentagon has allocated more than $44.9 billion to help Ukraine’s security, including $44.2 billion since the start of the full-scale war of the aggressor country Russia against Ukraine.
On October 20, Biden submitted a request to Congress for approximately $106 billion in additional funding. This, in particular, included assistance to Ukraine ($61.4 billion, the largest package) and Israel ($14.3 billion), as well as providing funds for southern border security USA.
On November 15, the House of Representatives passed a temporary bill to avoid a shutdown. On the same day, the document, without funding from Ukraine and Israel, was approved by the US Senate, and signed by Biden on November 16. For four priority areas, the document extended funding until January 19, 2024, for another eight – until February 2.
On December 6, a bill to allocate additional funds for national security failed to pass a procedural vote in the US Senate. The document was blocked because representatives of the Republican Party insisted on strengthening immigration controls at the US border with Mexico. Biden called Republicans’ refusal to support the bill political blackmail, noting that “the stakes are too high and the consequences are too significant.” The White House expects that the US Congress will be able to pass it in January.
On January 3, 2024, John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator for the United States National Security Council, reported that the United States had run out of money to help Ukraine.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a Jan. 7 interview with CBS that congressional Republicans would be ready to vote on military aid to Ukraine as soon as the Biden administration explains its strategy to them.
The deadline for the US Congress to approve additional funding for Ukraine is the end of January, otherwise the delay will affect the situation at the front, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba emphasized on January 17.
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