{"id":1486861,"date":"2022-05-21T11:15:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T15:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1486861"},"modified":"2022-05-21T11:16:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T15:16:02","slug":"biden-signs-massive-40-billion-ukraine-aid-package-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signs-massive-40-billion-ukraine-aid-package-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Signs Massive $40 Billion Ukraine Aid Package Into Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-signs-massive-40-billion-ukraine-aid-package-into-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1486861&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>President Joe Biden signed the massive $40 billion Ukraine aid package while in South Korea on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/19\/senate-passes-40-billion-for-ukraine\/\">passed<\/a> the bill on Thursday \u2013 after Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/20\/secret-service-agents-sent-home-joe-biden-south-korea-altercation\/\">departed<\/a> Washington, D.C. for his trip to Asia \u2013 with overwhelming support. Just 11 Senate Republicans voted against the bill, which sets aside billions for military and security help as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/12\/joe-biden-vladimir-putin-committing-genocide-ukraine\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0Biden Says Putin Committing \u2018Genocide\u2019 In Ukraine)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI applaud the Congress for sending a clear\u00a0bipartisan\u00a0message to the world that the people of the\u00a0United States\u00a0stand together with the brave people of <span class=\"il\">Ukraine<\/span> as they defend their democracy and freedom,\u201d Biden said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/05\/19\/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-senate-passage-of-ukraine-supplemental\/\">statement<\/a> just after the Senate voted to pass the bill. \u201cThe <span class=\"il\">resources<\/span> that I <span class=\"il\">requested<\/span> <span class=\"il\">will<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">allow<\/span> <span class=\"il\">us<\/span> to\u00a0<span class=\"il\">send<\/span> <span class=\"il\">even<\/span> <span class=\"il\">more\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"il\">weapons<\/span>\u00a0and <span class=\"il\">ammunition<\/span> to <span class=\"il\">Ukraine<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">replenish<\/span> <span class=\"il\">our<\/span> <span class=\"il\">own<\/span> <span class=\"il\">stockpile<\/span>, and <span class=\"il\">support<\/span> U.S. <span class=\"il\">troops\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"il\">stationed<\/span> on <span class=\"il\">NATO<\/span> <span class=\"il\">territory<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Biden already in South Korea, the bill had to be flown to him for signing. A National Security Council spokesman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatashaBertrand\/status\/1527706868533043201\">told<\/a> CNN that the bill was \u201ccarried by someone who was already traveling to the region as part of their official duties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President does intend to sign the bill while he\u2019s on the road so that he can sign it expeditiously,\u201d National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2022\/05\/20\/press-gaggle-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan\/\">told<\/a> reporters on Thursday. \u201cThe modalities of that are being worked right now so that he can get it and sign it. There won\u2019t be a gap for that very reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The $40 billion aid bill also provides <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/20\/how-much-money-russia-ukraine-war-costing-americans\/\">money<\/a> for\u00a0things like food, medicine and shelter for Ukrainian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/21\/joe-biden-administration-ukrainian-refugee-sponsorship-program-southern-border\/\">citizens<\/a>. The bill is an increase from the original $33 billion the president <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/28\/joe-biden-requests-33-billion-ukraine-aid\/\">requested<\/a> from Congress in April.<\/p>\n<p>While in South Korea, the president also signed a bill designed to help Americans get more baby formula. The U.S. is currently in the midst of a baby formula shortage, and the bill Biden signed \u201callows the waiver of certain program requirements in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children due to a supply chain disruption or emergency,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/legislation\/2022\/05\/21\/bills-signed-h-r-7691-and-h-r-7791\/\">according<\/a> to the White House.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden signed the massive $40 billion Ukraine aid package while in South Korea on Saturday.The Senate passed the bill on Thursday \u2013 after Biden departed Washington,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":1486869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1486861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1486861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1486869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1486861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1486861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1486861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}