A White House bid to secure more aid for Kiev may not survive partisan politics in Congress
The refusal of congressional Republicans to provide more aid to Ukraine to fight Russia — unless the Democrats agree to address the issue of US-Mexico border security — is “just wrong,” US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday, after a chaotic briefing that his senior officials gave the Senate.
The upper chamber is set to vote Wednesday on a $110.5 billion emergency spending bill, which the Biden administration has requested for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. With 60 votes required to pass, the GOP’s 49-strong minority is expected to sink the measure.
The speaker of the Republican-controlled House, Mike Johnson, has said that GOP legislators would only greenlight more money for Kiev if US border security is provided for and the White House is able to present a clear plan for tackling the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
“The failure to support Ukraine is just…