to spend less and we achieved that goal. was it everything i wanted? no. but sitting with one house, a democratic senate and a democratic president who didn t want to meet with us, i think we did pretty dang good for the american public. our correspondent, nomia iqbal, has the latest from capitol hill. there was a sigh of relief in the chamber when it was finally announced the bill has passed the house of representatives. remember, the magic number was 218. in the end, 314 voted yes, so they overwhelmingly backed the bill. in terms of breaking it down in numbers, ultimately more democrats supported the bill, 165. 149 republicans backed it. in terms of the republicans that opposed the bill, many of them were ones that we suspected, the ultra conservative members of the party, the house freedom caucus, who felt that the bill didn t go far enough in spending cuts. and then over on the democratic side, there were members of the more progressive parts of the party who voted no as
the bbc can t verify that figure, but understands many children have gone from care homes and residential schools. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has followed the story of parents desperate attempts to bring their children home. it is the most anxious journey of these mothers lives. dashing to reach the children they d been separated from for six months. ukrainian children, sent to summer camps run by russia, and then never returned. alla tells me every minute now counts. the children have been told they ll be put in care if their mums don t come for them. that means a gruelling trip across thousands of miles, from ukraine, deep into the country that s declared war on them. translation: i should never have let him go but we didn t know. - theyjust took him and that was that. my son had seen explosions. i wanted him to relax from the war, and then this happened. ijust hope we make it in time. russia has been removing children from parts of ukraine it occupi
by russan forces, more than 19,000 children have been taken from occupied areas, according to ukrainian government officials. the bbc has not been able to verify that figure. russia says its motives are purely humanitarian, to protect children from danger. 0ur eastern europe correspondent rainsford has met some of the families, who have been fighting to get their children back. it is the most anxious journey of these mothers lives. dashing to reach the children they ve been separated from for six months. ukrainian children sent to summer camps run by russia and then never returned. alla tells me every minute now counts. the children have been told they ll be put in care if their mums don t come for them. that means a gruelling trip across thousands of miles from ukraine, deep into the country that s declared war on them. daniil went to the camp when his city was occupied. when it was liberated, the russians wouldn t send the children back. translation: i should never have i
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