The President of the United States signs the $1.7 trillion budget bill

On Thursday, US President Joe Biden signed into law a federal budget bill totaling $1.7 trillion, including $45 trillion in aid to Ukraine.
Biden, who is on vacation in the US Virgin Islands, posted a photo of himself on Twitter signing the text relating to the financing of the work of the US federal state – security forces, diplomacy, armed forces and economic policy – until September 2023.
Biden said the bill would invest in medical research, safety, health care for veterans, relief after natural disasters and programs to combat violence against women, and added that it also includes essential aid for Ukraine.
The bill won the support of a number of Republicans, which made it easy to adopt and gave Joe Biden legislative success as his second year in the White House drew to a close, and he had to consider whether or not he could run. the presidency in 2024.
The budget law includes $45 billion in economic and military support to Ukraine in order to fight the Russian invasion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Washington in December to request more help.
The text also includes an amendment to a law dating back to the 19th century, which provides that the US vice president cannot directly interfere in the certification of election results.
(AFP)