U.S. Senate Passes $1.5 Trillion Funding Bill with Ukraine Aid
- Action comes ahead of Friday government shutdown deadline
- Four-day stopgap bill to give time for massive bill’s printing
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The Senate passed a full year $1.5 trillion federal funding bill that wards off a possible government shutdown while also providing Ukraine with aid to respond to the Russian invasion of its territory.
A bipartisan sense of urgency to approve the $13.6 billion for humanitarian and security aid in response to Russia’s attack led to an overwhelming 68 to 31 vote on the legislation.