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Aid for Ukraine, European allies growing as US
lawmakers shape budget bill
Proposed US aid for Ukraine, European allies has grown beyond $12 billion, top
Senator said, as congressional bargainers worked toward a bipartisan government-
wide spending deal
Proposed US aid for Ukraine and its European allies has grown
beyond $12 billion, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said,
as congressional bargainers worked
toward a bipartisan
government-wide spending deal that would also contain fresh
sums for battling COVID-19. The remarks on Monday by Schumer,
D-N.Y., underscored the momentum in Congress for helping
outgunned Ukraine fend off Russian invaders and assisting that
country and others cope with refugees and other economic and
humanitarian problems caused by the brutal attack.
The clearest signal Congress can send to Vladimir Putin this week
is passing a bipartisan aid package, said Schumer, referring to the
Russian president, leaving no doubt that the democratic nations of
the world stand with Ukraine and against Putin’s deeply immoral
and bloody war. Schumer said the assistance would pay for
refugees, medical and food supplies, weapons transfers to
Ukraine and aid for nearby NATO allies. The apparent growth of
the Ukraine aid also illustrated eleventh-hour negotiations
underway among lawmakers as they try completing the long
overdue $1.5 trillion government spending measure by Friday…
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