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President Biden wasted no time in pushing through the whopping $40 billion aid to Ukraine bill, signing the emergency appropriations bill from South Korea Saturday.
The White House confirmed for Fox News that the bill was flown to the president Friday with someone who was already set to travel to the area as part of Biden’s Asia trip this week.
UKRAINE FUNDING BILL: THESE 11 REPUBLICAN SENATORS SPLIT FROM PARTY LEADERSHIP, OPPOSED $40 BILLION IN AID
President Biden, center, has a toast with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, second right, at a state dinner at the National Museum of Korea, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Seoul.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The legislation passed through the House and Senate on a largely bipartisan basis in just over a week and was sent to the president’s desk Thursday.
Though the bill was pushed through the lower chamber the same day it was introduced, with just over a quarter of House Republicans voting against the bill in a 368 – 57 vote, there was a nine-day delay before the Senate pushed the aid package through to the president’s desk.
Eleven Senate Republicans broke from party leadership to vote against the bill over spending concerns in an 86-11 vote.
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul led the opposition and demanded that an inspector general be appointed to oversee the spending.
While some agreed with his oversight concerns, others like Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley said he was against the principle of the bill.
An armed serviceman of Donetsk People’s Republic militia walks past a building damaged during fighting in Mariupol on Wednesday.
(AP/Alexei Alexandrov)
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“I just think this is an exercise in nation-building,” Hawley told Fox News Thursday. “So I’m a nationalist. I’m not in favor of nation-building. I think we ought to be prioritizing American strength.”
Paul and Hawley were joined in their…
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