Browsing: Ukraine Aid

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) urged Congress to pass Ukraine aid and warned that lack of assistance could lead to the embattled country facing the “worst atrocity in history.”  Machin’s call for passing foreign assistance comes as the legislation has stalled in Congress while the Ukrainian military has been struggling with lacking resources and Russian troops…

A pro-Ukraine political campaign committee has launched to boost lawmakers who are supportive of the country as it attempts to fend off Russia’s invasion.  The new group, dubbed American Ukraine PAC, is headed by Jed Sunden, the founder of Kyiv Post, the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, which he owned from 1995 to 2009.  “We…

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) blamed former President Trump and conservative media host Tucker Carlson for the rise in anti-Ukrainian sentiment in the House, dubbing the pair the leaders of a “pro-Putin faction” of the Republican Party. Ukraine aid has languished in the House for months as Republicans refuse to pass foreign…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Friday that a Senate-passed foreign aid package is the “only” path forward as Congress scrambles to break the months-long impasse over new military funding for Ukraine.  “The only way forward with respect to meeting the national security needs of the American people is for House Republicans to put…

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday made a guess about what might happen in the Russia-Ukraine war, saying that neither side will win in the way people hope. When asked by “Fox News Sunday” anchor Shannon Bream how much “pressure” the U.S. or other international leaders should put on Russia and Ukraine to find…