{"id":2039958,"date":"2023-09-21T12:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/28-republicans-reject-biden-administrations-demands-to-fund-indefinite-proxy-war-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T12:05:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:05:51","slug":"28-republicans-reject-biden-administrations-demands-to-fund-indefinite-proxy-war-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/28-republicans-reject-biden-administrations-demands-to-fund-indefinite-proxy-war-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"28 Republicans refuse to fund Biden&#8217;s request for an endless proxy war in Ukraine."},"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\">28<\/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%2F28-republicans-reject-biden-administrations-demands-to-fund-indefinite-proxy-war-in-ukraine%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=2039958&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 class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Republicans Oppose Funding Proxy War\u2062 in\u2063 Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>Twenty-eight Republicans \u2063publicly vowed on\u200b Thursday to oppose the use of billions of American tax dollars to fund a\u200d proxy war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The rejection, sent in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jdvance1\/status\/1704836926212022346?s=46&#038;t=iqVGJ7p59_ixT6pAAvvDQA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda \u200dYoung, is a direct response to the Biden administration\u2019s recent demand that Congress send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-asks-us-congress-40-billion-including-24-billion-ukraine-2023-08-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$24 billion<\/a> more in American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/immigrant-business-owner-who-fled-communism-jailed-for-staying-open-supporters-back-her-with-gofundme\/\" title=\"Immigrant Business Owner Who Fled Communism Jailed For Staying Open, Supporters Back Her With GoFundMe\">taxpayer-funded resources<\/a> to Volodymyr Zelensky \u2063in an attempt to \u200dcurb Vladimir Putin and his regime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-764063667\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2e29619df3aab6473570d608cf974044 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2e29619df3aab6473570d608cf974044\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. J.D. Vance, who spearheaded the letter, \u2063said Congress should not keep funding \u201can indefinite conflict\u201d without more fact-based information about\u2064 the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday at a classified briefing over Ukraine, it became clear \u200cthat America is being asked to fund an indefinite conflict with unlimited resources,\u201d Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jdvance1\/status\/1704836926212022346?s=46&#038;t=iqVGJ7p59_ixT6pAAvvDQA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X,\u200b formerly known \u2063as Twitter. \u201cEnough is enough. \u200bTo these and future requests, \u200dmy\u200c colleagues\u2062 and I\u2063 say: <strong>NO<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>More than <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/07\/poll-majority-of-americans-oppose-biden-mcconnell-spending-binge-on-ukraine-proxy-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">half of the nation<\/a> says Congress should stop financing Ukraine, a country plagued by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1704856665974272000?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">corruption<\/a>. Yet,\u2062 President Joe Biden, his cabinet members, and even establishment Republicans like Senate Minority Leader \u200cMitch McConnell have <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1628160147162820608?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeatedly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1627644745735438340?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pledged<\/a> to support \u200cthe \u2064war \u201cfor\u2063 as long as it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"7fic5QeqLqFwhCFj8yYBEzv6IJeXp3pPCs5RNcs9WrrlYxhdxwnQdaGITAoA4Db9lOV8m0VOS10\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Biden in Vilnius,\u200d Lithuania as he departs \u200dNATO \u200dSummit: &#8220;We will not waver. Our \u2064commitment to Ukraine will not weaken. We will stand for liberty and freedom today, tomorrow, and for as long as it takes.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eTQWSlQ2bA\">pic.twitter.com\/eTQWSlQ2bA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN \u200b(@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1679186955219632144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July\u2064 12, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Retiring Joint\u200c Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley reportedly received a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasfoxnews\/status\/1704822658297127236?s=46&#038;t=iqVGJ7p59_ixT6pAAvvDQA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cstanding \u200dovation\u201d<\/a> on Wednesday \u200bafter he also swore that \u201cthe United States will continue to provide support to Ukraine for as \u2064long as it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4e23d204673ea2cb8b1ad8f6bbd53f16 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4e23d204673ea2cb8b1ad8f6bbd53f16\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy tenure may \u2063be ending but the mission for this group continues until the end state of a\u200b free and sovereign\u2063 Ukraine is \u200dattained,\u201d Milley said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"8JuTjrSizR7CAa9GK41nENPDxqtoI\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gen. Mark Milley on\u200b sending aid to Ukraine:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As President\u200c Biden and Secretary Austin have said many, many times over, we, the United States, will continue to provide support to\u200c Ukraine \u2062for as long as it takes.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4aNRcWutBJ\">pic.twitter.com\/4aNRcWutBJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Charles, An Awful Pundit\ud83c\udff4 (@jeffcharlesjr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffcharlesjr\/status\/1704662672728355245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese statements imply an open-ended commitment to\u200c supporting the war in Ukraine of an indeterminate nature, based on a strategy that is unclear, to \u200cachieve a goal yet to be \u200darticulated to the public or the \u200cCongress,\u201d the signees wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The statements also lack any transparency about how the nation\u2019s previous aid\u200d was used.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 their letter, the Republicans note the whopping $114 billion total often used to measure U.S. funding for Ukraine\u2064 \u201cdoes not reflect the\u2063 full picture, which includes transferred and reprogrammed funds.\u201d They add\u200b that in all five of its \u201csupplemental requests\u201d for Ukraine funding to Congress, the Biden administration \u201crequested additional authority to transfer and reprogram funds.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1a78a486f54f175b78b70b4e3c514f95 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1a78a486f54f175b78b70b4e3c514f95\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe vast majority of Congress remains unaware of how much \u2063the United States has spent to date in total on this conflict, information\u2063 which \u2062is necessary for Congress to \u2064prudently exercise its \u200cappropriations power,\u201d the Republicans warn.<\/p>\n<p>The ignorance is not due to a lack of curiosity from the Republicans behind the letter, who have made multiple inquiries\u200c over the last two \u2062years\u2062 demanding more information. In January, Vance and\u200b three dozen other Republicans in Congress signed a letter to Young demanding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vance.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Vance-And-Bishop-Letter-To-OMB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cfull accounting\u201d<\/a> of U.S. aid to Ukraine. Their requests\u2063 went largely unaddressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is difficult\u2064 to envision\u200c a benign explanation for this lack of clarity,\u201d the\u200c Republicans state.<\/p>\n<p>As prime examples of the\u200c executive branch\u2019s reckless Ukraine spending spree, the GOPers highlighted the Department of Defense\u2019s recent $6.2 billion Ukraine aid accounting error and \u200bthe Biden administration\u2019s $5 billion request for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, a number which exceeded 15 times what Congress\u2062 allotted \u2062in the 2024 \u2064National Defense Authorization Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people\u200b deserve to know\u2062 what their money has gone to. How is \u2063the\u200c counteroffensive going? Are the Ukrainians any closer \u2062to victory than they were 6 months ago? What is our strategy, and what is the president\u2019s exit plan? What does the administration define as victory in Ukraine?\u201d the GOPers ask.<\/p>\n<p>To grant another round of Ukraine funding requests by\u200b the Biden administration without \u201canswers to these questions,\u201d the GOP members declared, would be \u201can \u200babsurd abdication of congressional responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 28 Republicans pledge to keep their purse strings closed until the Biden administration explains its funding frenzy to Congress and taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LucasFoxNews\/status\/1704822658297127236\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-55894bae38224552863694b43d355d6d fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-55894bae38224552863694b43d355d6d\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the \u2064potential implications \u200cfor the future of U.S. involvement in Ukraine and the allocation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/28-republicans-reject-biden-administrations-demands-to-fund-indefinite-proxy-war-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"28 Republicans refuse to fund Biden's request for an endless proxy war in Ukraine.\">taxpayer-funded resources based<\/a> on the decision Congress makes in response \u2064to this \u200bopposition from Republicans<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Republicans Oppose Funding\u2064 Proxy\u2063 War in\u200c Ukraine<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, twenty-eight Republicans publicly announced their opposition to the use of billions of American \u200dtax dollars to fund a proxy war in Ukraine. This \u2064rejection came in the \u200dform of a letter addressed to Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young. \u200cThe\u200c letter was a direct response to the Biden administration&#8217;s recent demand for Congress to allocate an\u2063 additional $24 billion in American taxpayer-funded resources to Volodymyr Zelensky, with\u2064 the aim of \u2063curbing Vladimir Putin and his regime.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the effort, Senator J.D. \u2062Vance emphasized the need for more fact-based\u2063 information about the\u200c war before continuing to fund &#8220;an indefinite\u200c conflict.&#8221; \u2062In a tweet, Vance wrote, &#8220;Yesterday at \u200da \u2062classified briefing over Ukraine, it became clear that America is being asked \u200dto fund an indefinite conflict with unlimited \u2063resources. \u200bEnough \u200bis enough. To \u2062these and future \u2063requests, my colleagues and I\u2062 say: NO.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Polls show that more than half of the nation believes Congress should stop financing Ukraine, a \u200dcountry plagued\u2064 by corruption. However, President Joe Biden, his cabinet members, and even\u200b establishment Republicans like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have repeatedly pledged their support for \u200cthe war &#8220;for as long as it takes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This\u2062 opposition\u2062 from Republicans underscores the growing \u2063concern about \u200dthe allocation of American tax dollars and the \u2064perceived lack of transparency surrounding the conflict in \u2063Ukraine. As \u2064tension between Russia and Ukraine continues to escalate, it becomes crucial for Congress to carefully \u200dconsider how \u200btaxpayer money is \u2063being used in international conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>The letter sent to the Office of Management and Budget serves as a\u2064 reminder that public sentiment can\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassleys-17-recordings-bombshell-brings-bidens-and-burisma-back-into-the-spotlight\/\" title=\"Grassley's revelation of '17 Recordings' puts Bidens and Burisma in the spotlight again.\">influence policy decisions<\/a>. Republicans are urging\u2062 Congress to reevaluate its support for the proxy war in Ukraine and to prioritize the allocation of resources towards matters that directly \u200dbenefit American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u2064 debate over funding a proxy \u200bwar in Ukraine unfolds, it will \u200bbe\u2064 interesting to see how lawmakers respond to the concerns raised by these \u200btwenty-eight Republicans.\u2062 The decision\u2063 Congress ultimately makes will have significant implications for the future of U.S. involvement in Ukraine \u2063and the allocation of taxpayer-funded resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-eight Republicans have pledged to block the allocation of American tax dollars for a proxy war in Ukraine. In a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young, they expressed their opposition to the Biden administration&#8217;s request for an additional $24 billion from Congress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2039959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2039958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039958","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\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2039958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2039959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2039958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2039958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}