Biden’s $33 billion Ukraine aid request hits early snag over Covid funding in Congress
2022-04-30 09:19:53 source：CNBC
April 29, 2022
President Joe Biden's request for $33 billion in aid to Ukraine hit an early snag on Capitol Hill, where a dispute over immigration policy threatens to hamstring an otherwise urgent ask to assist Kyiv against Russia's invasion.
The administration's massive request to Congress, which includes more than $20 billion for military equipment like artillery and armored vehicles, is popular among Democrats and Republicans.
But Republicans are protesting a new effort by Democrats to link the $33 billion with a separate bipartisan compromise providing $10 billion in additional Covid relief funding.
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