American taxpayers will provide an additional $300 million for Ukraine's war if a bill passed late Thursday night by the House becomes law.
after Speaker Kevin McCarthy stripped the funding from a Pentagon spending bill in favor of a standalone vote.
Determining how much more, if any, Congress should send to Ukraine — on top of the $113 billion it has already approved — has been among the most significant challenges for Congress as it works to fund the government past the September 30 deadline. A House Republican conference rule adopted at the beginning of the 117th Congress prohibits a bill from being brought to the floor without the support of at least half of the conference. The rule was sought by conservatives to prevent a Republican Speaker from seeking Democrat help to pass legislation unpopular with Republicans — a scenario which contributed to pressuring Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan to leave Congress.
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