The new government spending bill dramatically raises the prospect that Congress will reject Biden’s funding request for Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky departs a closed-door meeting alongside Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , left, and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 21, 2023. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Tom Brenner.
In the days leading up to the vote on the appropriations deal, top U.S. officials - including Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd T. Austin, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell - made a concerted effort to build support for the package among Republicans, only for it to fall into the maw of resistance among House conservatives, who have been emboldened by former president Donald Trump and other GOP figures to oppose additional support.
The spending deal, which passed by overwhelming bipartisan margins in both the House and Senate, extends government funding past a midnight deadline and provides domestic disaster relief sought by both chambers. The White House had begun preparations for a funding lapse that would have left millions of federal employees without pay.
McCarthy’s decision to move a bill without Ukraine funding came together suddenly, leaving aides at the State and Defense departments to launch an unsuccessful last-minute lobbying campaign.McConnell, one of Ukraine’s strongest backers in the GOP, retreated in the face of opposition from his Senate Republican colleagues, who wanted to help McCarthy out of his shutdown predicament in the House.
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