Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan deal providing $13.6 billion to help Ukraine and European allies plus billions more to battle the pandemic as part of a long-overdue $1.5 trillion measure financing federal agencies for the rest of this year.
Democrats won $730 billion for domestic programs, 6.7% more than last year, including $15.6 billion for a fresh round of spending for vaccines, testing and treatments for COVID-19; Republicans won $782 billion for defense, 5.6% over last year’s levels
"The brave, freedom-loving people of Ukraine and our allies in the region will receive urgently needed investments to fight Vladimir Putin and the Russians’ illegal and immoral invasion," Pelosi and Schumer wrote. They also faced a Friday deadline to approve the government-wide spending measure or face a weekend election-year federal shutdown. As a backstop against delays, the House planned to pass a bill Wednesday keeping agencies afloat through March 15.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Tuesday said the measure would provide loan guarantees to Poland to help it replace aircraft it is sending Ukraine. McConnell described working with House Democrats has “been like pulling teeth” to get them agree to some of the defense spending, but added: “It’s an important step. It needs to be passed. It needs to be passed quickly.”
"This historic legislation will carry major bipartisan legislation that has been in the making for years," the Democratic leaders wrote in a statement. "The Violence Against Women Act, expired for too many years, will finally be reauthorized." Democrats won $15.6 billion for a fresh round of spending for vaccines, testing and treatments for COVID-19, including $5 billion for fighting the pandemic around the world. That was below Biden’s $22.5 billion request.
"This Omnibus will increase funding for key domestic priorities, including a $400 increase to the maximum Pell Grant award, the establishment of President Biden’s new cancer research initiative known as ARPA-H, and so much more," the Democratic leaders wrote in a statement.
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