House Passes $40 Billion More in Ukraine Aid, With Few Questions Asked

The escalating brutality of the war in Ukraine has dampened voices on both the right and left skeptical of the United States’ involving itself in armed conflict overseas, fueling a rush by Congress to pour huge amounts of money into a potentially lengthy and costly offensive against Russia with few questions or reservations raised.

The House on Tuesday night passed a $40 billion military and humanitarian aid package for Ukraine in a 368 to 57 vote, weeks after lawmakers overwhelmingly approved $13.6 billion in emergency aid for the war effort. That total — roughly $53 billion over two months — goes beyond what President Biden requested and is poised to amount to the largest foreign aid package to move through Congress in at least two decades.

"They’re running out of supplies and ammunition. They need our help quickly," said Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat. Read more

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