US House backs Russia sanctions, Ukraine aid, in latest blow to Trump
The 226-195 vote sends more than $1 billion in aid and new sanctions to the Senate, despite White House opposition.
- 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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18 House Republicans buck GOP party leadership to fund Ukraine · American Wire News
Eighteen House Republicans defied party leadership by voting with Democrats on Thursday to approve another Ukraine aid bill. Passed by a 296-195 vote, the Ukraine aid bill would “provide $1.3 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, authorize $8 billion in arms sales, and extend a Biden-era military lend-lease program” if signed into law by President Donald Trump, according to Time magazine. It’d also impose new oil and gas sanctions against R…
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