{"id":2052899,"date":"2023-10-02T18:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T22:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-leaders-seek-to-revive-ukraine-aid-left-out-of-shutdown-averting-spending-bill\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T18:23:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T22:23:51","slug":"senate-leaders-seek-to-revive-ukraine-aid-left-out-of-shutdown-averting-spending-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-leaders-seek-to-revive-ukraine-aid-left-out-of-shutdown-averting-spending-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate leaders aim to reinstate Ukraine aid excluded from spending bill that prevented government shutdown."},"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\">30<\/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-leaders-seek-to-revive-ukraine-aid-left-out-of-shutdown-averting-spending-bill%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=2052899&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--><h2>The U.S. Avoids Government Shutdown, but Ukraine Funding \u2064Sparks Showdown<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. narrowly escaped a government\u200d shutdown,\u2062 but\u200d now Senate leadership is gearing\u2063 up for a new battle with\u200d the House. The temporary spending measure passed by the Senate excluded funding for the Ukraine \u200cwar effort, setting the stage for a showdown.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Senate \u200cvoted 88-9 on Saturday evening to pass \u200dthe House\u2019s 45-day\u200d continuing \u200dresolution, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-plots-ukraine-aid-push-after-averting-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Senate plans to push for Ukraine aid after avoiding government shutdown.\">includes\u2063 disaster relief<\/a> but no\u2063 Ukraine\u2064 funding. It \u2063was then \u2064sent \u200dto President Joe\u200c Biden&#8217;s desk for \u200csignature. Senate Republicans abandoned a previous bipartisan continuing resolution\u200c after House Speaker \u2063Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) abruptly \u200cchanged plans Saturday morning, announcing the House would be taking \u2064up its\u2062 own bipartisan measure.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Senate Allies Push for Ukraine Funding<\/h3>\n<p>Senate leaders had\u200c initially proposed legislation\u200c to fund the\u200d government until November, with $6 billion \u200callocated for Ukraine. However, they now plan to pursue a stand-alone funding bill to provide\u200b additional support. One\u200c option\u2063 is to\u200c use \u2062a recently passed House bill that allocated $300 million for Ukraine, \u2064which was removed from a House Republican-drafted\u2064 defense bill.<\/p>\n<p>There is also the possibility of attaching President Biden&#8217;s full-year appropriations request for Ukraine to the $300 million and sending it\u200c back to the\u200d House. In \u2064August, \u2063Biden called on Congress to provide an additional $24 billion.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUltimately Ukraine\u200c will get funding, it\u2019s always difficult to figure out\u2062 how to put it together,\u201d said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) when speaking with reporters this weekend. \u201cI would bet my beloved four-wheel drive pickup truck \u2064that \u2064we\u200c will have\u200c some supplemental funding for\u200b Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy cast doubt \u2064on the\u2064 likelihood of a vote on additional aid to Ukraine\u200b in a stand-alone\u2062 bill. He emphasized the need to prioritize border security, stating that more Americans are dying on the American border than in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Some\u200d senators believe that combining Ukraine funding with a\u200c border \u200cbill could be a more viable option in\u200b the future. The current \u2062bill funding the government through mid-November does not include any specific funding for the\u2063 border, as Senate Republicans abandoned plans to attach a\u200c border amendment to their continuing resolution.<\/p>\n<h3>Commitment \u200cto Supporting Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the\u200b ongoing debate, Senate Majority\u2063 Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reiterated their commitment to supporting Ukraine after the passing \u2062of the continuing resolution.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn the coming weeks, we expect the Senate will work to\u2062 ensure the U.S. government continues to provide critical \u200cand sustained \u2062security and economic support for Ukraine,\u201d the Senate leaders said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The U.S. \u2063has \u200calready approved over $75 billion in aid\u200b to Ukraine since Russia&#8217;s invasion in February\u2063 2022. The Department\u200b of\u200b Defense has\u200c warned \u200cCongress that it is running low on funding to \u2064replace weapons provided to\u2064 Ukraine, adding urgency to the push \u200dfor more funding.<\/p>\n<p>As tensions rise, \u2064there is growing division within the Republican Party regarding Ukraine aid. \u200dSome members of the\u200c far-right flank in the House are aggressively \u2064campaigning to slash funding, while others argue\u2064 for a more \u2064comprehensive approach.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey keep telling us that Ukraine is winning. \u2062And\u200b if Ukraine is supposedly winning the war, why are we hearing and seeing the White House going into panic mode&#8230; So I think we&#8217;re being lied to about \u200dwhat&#8217;s happening over there \u200cin Ukraine,\u201d said \u200bRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the situation unfolds, the\u200d fate of Ukraine funding remains\u2064 uncertain, with both sides preparing for a heated \u200dbattle.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cami Mondeaux, Reese \u200bGorman, and Emily\u2063 Jacobs contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200bWhat\u200b does the standoff between \u200dthe Senate and the House over Ukraine funding suggest about Congress&#8217; ability to work \u200ctogether and\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-comer-reveals-beijing-bank-wires-to-hunter-biden-at-joe-bidens-home-address\/\" title=\"James Comer exposes Beijing bank transfers to Hunter Biden at Joe Biden's residence.\">prioritize national interests<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span>  Due\u200c to the crisis at the border and that it should be the focus \u200bof Congress. McCarthy&#8217;s\u200d stance further exacerbates the \u2062tensions between the\u2063 Senate and the House, creating a potential roadblock \u200cfor the Ukraine funding.<\/p>\n<h3>Implications \u200cof the Showdown<\/h3>\n<p>The\u2063 showdown between the Senate\u200b and the House over \u2063Ukraine \u2064funding has\u200c significant implications, both domestically\u2064 and internationally. On the domestic front, \u200bfailure to \u200dprovide additional support to Ukraine \u2064could be seen as a abandonment of a critical ally\u200d in \u200bthe face of Russian aggression. This could have repercussions on U.S. foreign policy and its position on global conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Internationally, the absence of\u2062 Ukraine funding\u200d could be seen as a sign of \u2064weak commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-leaders-seek-to-revive-ukraine-aid-left-out-of-shutdown-averting-spending-bill\/\" title=\"Senate leaders aim to reinstate Ukraine aid excluded from spending bill that prevented government shutdown.\">supporting countries\u200d facing external threats<\/a>. It could embolden Russia and other\u2063 nations\u2064 that engage \u200cin \u2063aggressive actions against their neighboring states, potentially destabilizing the international order.<\/p>\n<p>The standoff\u200d also raises \u200dquestions about the \u200bability \u2064of Congress to work together\u200c and reach bipartisan agreements on crucial matters. \u200dWith the country already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-hes-sick-and-tired-of-the-brinksmanship-from-house-republicans\/\" title=\"Biden fed up with House Republicans' 'brinksmanship'\">facing significant\u200d challenges<\/a>, such as the COVID-19 \u200bpandemic \u200dand economic recovery, the inability to overcome \u200cpolitical differences\u200d and prioritize national \u2063interests is a cause for concern.<\/p>\n<h3>Path \u200cForward<\/h3>\n<p>In order to avoid\u200b a prolonged showdown and ensure support for\u200d Ukraine, Senate and House leaders\u200d must \u200dfind\u2063 a way to come to a\u200d consensus. Compromise and negotiations will be crucial in reaching a \u200dresolution\u2063 that addresses both border security concerns and the need for Ukraine funding.<\/p>\n<p>One potential solution could be\u200d to allocate a portion of\u2064 the requested funding for\u200b Ukraine while also addressing the border \u200bsecurity issue \u2062that House Republicans prioritize.\u2063 Such a compromise would demonstrate a \u2062willingness to\u200b work collaboratively and prioritize national interests.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, bipartisan dialogue and engagement could help bridge the divides and build trust between the \u2064two chambers. \u2064This could\u200c involve forming a bipartisan committee or task force that focuses \u2063specifically on urgent \u2063matters such as\u200c Ukraine funding, ensuring that the voices of both Republicans \u200cand Democrats are heard,\u200c and\u2064 a \u200cconsensus is reached.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>While the U.S. narrowly avoided a\u2064 government shutdown,\u200b the showdown over Ukraine funding highlights the \u200dchallenges\u2062 and divisions within Congress. The ability to\u2064 overcome these differences and \u200cprioritize national interests \u2062is crucial for\u200c the stability\u200c of the country and its position in the international community.<\/p>\n<p>Finding a way forward that\u200b addresses both border security concerns and the need for\u200c Ukraine\u2064 funding requires\u200b compromise,\u200b negotiations, \u200band bipartisan engagement.\u200b Only through such efforts can a\u2063 resolution\u200d be reached that upholds\u200d U.S. commitments to\u200d its allies and maintains its credibility on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. averted a shutdown, but Senate leadership is preparing for a new clash with the House as funding for Ukraine&#8217;s war was left out of the temporary spending bill. 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