US Congress goes on holiday without approving aid to Ukraine
16 February 2024 08:08
The US House of Representatives has ended its working week ahead of schedule and adjourned until 28 February. At the same time, they did not even put the bill on aid to Ukraine to a vote, reports 
with reference to the Voice of America.
Before going on a two-week holiday, they discussed the document, but did not decide whether to vote for it as a whole or to make amendments. Congressmen will return to consider the bill in late February.
Biden’s reaction
US President Joe Biden reacted very sharply to the decision of lawmakers to adjourn. The American leader noted in his X that the refusal to vote for the bill to provide aid to Ukraine, which continues to resist large-scale military aggression by Russia, “will not be forgotten.”
“The inability to support Ukraine at this critical moment will never be forgotten.”
– he wrote.
On 13 February, the US Senate passed a bill unblocking aid to Ukraine. The document was supported by 70 senators out of 60 required.
The bill provides for assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan totalling $95.34 billion. $61 billion is earmarked for Ukraine, $14 billion for Israel, $4.83 billion for Taiwan and other US partners in the Indo-Pacific region.
The bill now needs to be supported by the US House of Representatives, where Republicans are also refusing to vote for aid to Ukraine.
Delay in funding assistance to Ukraine
Since autumn 2023, the US Congress has been unable to agree on a bill on military aid to Ukraine. President Joe Biden has proposed a national security bill worth more than $100 billion, including $61 billion to help Kyiv.
The document was not approved by Republicans, who want to include in the bill tighter border and migration measures on the US-Mexico border.
US President Joe Biden said he would not support the bill on aid to Israel initiated by Republicans in the House of Representatives without taking into account Ukraine’s needs.
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