US Congress passes Ukraine Aid After Months Of Delay
The US Senate has approved a $95 billion dollars foreign aid package that includes military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
The U.S. Congress passed the foreign aid late on Tuesday after months of delay.
The Senate approved in a bipartisan vote of 79-18, after the US House of Representatives had passed the measure on Saturday.
The four bills were combined into one package in the Senate, which President Joe Biden said he would sign into law.
The largest provides $61 billion in critically needed funding for Ukraine; a second provides $26 billion for Israel and humanitarian aid for civilians in conflict zones around the world, and a third mandates $8.12 billion to “counter communist China” in the Indo- Pacific.
A fourth, which the House added to the package last week, includes a potential ban on the Chinese-controlled social media app TikTok, measures for the transfer of seized Russian assets to Ukraine and new sanctions on Iran.
