US House backs Russia sanctions, Ukraine aid, in latest blow to Trump
The 226-195 vote includes support from 18 Republicans and would send more than $1 billion in aid and new sanctions to the Senate.
- On Friday, the House passed the Ukraine Support Act, voting 226-195 to authorize $8 billion in military finance loans and extend the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative through 2027 despite opposition from President Donald Trump's administration.
- California Rep. Kevin Kiley, an Independent who typically votes with Republicans, forced the vote by becoming the 218th signature on a discharge petition last year, bypassing normal procedural obstacles.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson urged Republicans to "give President Trump room to negotiate with Russia," yet 18 Republicans joined Democrats to support the bill, including Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Michael McCaul, and Don Bacon.
- With the Republican Party holding a majority in the Senate, the bill's approval remains unlikely despite the House vote, leaving the future of Russian sanctions and military aid uncertain.
- President Donald Trump stated that without military support from Washington and the weapons he personally provided at the start of the war, Ukraine would have ceased to exist within "1 2 days.
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Thanks to a bipartisan coalition, the elected officials adopted on Thursday 4 June a new aid to Kyiv and tightened the sanctions against Moscow. A new symbolic camouflet for the President, whose grip on his majority in Congress is cracking.
House Approves $8.3B in Ukraine Aid, Defying Trump
Lawmakers in the House just muscled through a major Ukraine aid bill their own GOP leaders didn't want, the Washington Post reports. By a 226-195 vote, with 18 Republicans joining Democrats in support, the chamber approved more than $8 billion in security assistance for Kyiv, the largest package to clear...
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill on further Ukraine aid and new sanctions against Russia.
The bill was passed by 226 votes to 195.
The House of Representatives of the US Congress approved a bill on aid to Ukraine and new sanctions against Russia, AP writes.
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