{"id":1488757,"date":"2022-05-23T16:14:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T20:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1488757"},"modified":"2022-05-23T16:14:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T20:14:52","slug":"senate-to-introduce-bipartisan-resolution-to-fast-track-finland-sweden-nato-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-to-introduce-bipartisan-resolution-to-fast-track-finland-sweden-nato-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate To Introduce Bipartisan Resolution To Fast-Track Finland, Sweden NATO Applications"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fsenate-to-introduce-bipartisan-resolution-to-fast-track-finland-sweden-nato-applications%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=1488757&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--><p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are developing a bipartisan resolution to urge the Biden administration to fast-track Finland and Sweden\u2019s applications to become members of NATO.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/S.%20Res.%20%20-%20NATO%20Resolution%20(Risch,%20Menendez).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resolution<\/a> is set for markup with the Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNATO has been the cornerstone of Western defense since World War II, and President Niinist\u00f6 of Finland and Prime\u00a0Minister Andersson of Sweden are showing strong leadership in joining the United States and its allies against Putin\u2019s deeply immoral campaign of violence,\u201d Schumer\u00a0said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsfront\/finland-sweden-nato-biden\/2022\/05\/23\/id\/1071083\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the world\u2019s democracies unite against\u00a0Putin\u00a0and his crony oligarchs, Finland and Sweden\u2019s ascension into NATO will be a further rebuke of Putin\u2019s murderous attack on Ukraine,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell added his support for Finland and Sweden in a similar statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinland and Sweden are strong countries with formidable military capabilities that surpass many existing NATO allies. Both nations\u2019 robust defense funding means their accession would meaningfully bolster our pursuit of greater burden-sharing across the alliance,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/schumer-mcconnell-urge-biden-move-quickly-nato-expansion-rcna30131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution was authored by New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch, who serve as leaders of the Foreign Relations Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine \u201chas dramatically changed the security situation in Europe,\u201d the resolution notes, making NATO expansion critical for the security of the U.S. and its European partners.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a bipartisan Senate vote approved an additional $40 billion in funding to Ukraine in an 86-11 vote. The 11 votes against the package came from Republicans opposed to additional spending while inflation and gas prices soar nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell, following a recent surprise visit to Ukraine, seemed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senate-advances-massive-40-billion-ukraine-spending-package-11-republicans-oppose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggest<\/a> that Republican senators who opposed the bill were isolationists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have always been isolationist voices in the Republican Party,\u201d he said. \u201cI think one of the lessons we learned in World War II is not standing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are developing a bipartisan resolution to urge the Biden administration to fast-track Finland and Sweden\u2019s applications to become members of NATO. The resolution is set for markup with the Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday. \u201cNATO has been the cornerstone of Western defense since &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1488768,"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-1488757","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\/1488757","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\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1488757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1488768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1488757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1488757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1488757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}