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President biden has called to advance it swiftly so it can head to his desk in the oval office so he can sign off on it. The pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. Potentially within days as opposed to weeks. That doesnt rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that Congress Woman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. We know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. They had wanted ties to strict immigration laws, Stricter Border security with the us mexico border. That particular vote failed. They needed a two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. Instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans vote ....
Has called on senators to advanceit has called on senators to advance it swiftly on tuesday so that it can head to his desk at the oval office and he can sign off on it. And the pentagon for its part watching political chaos, Political Infighting, go on has been trying to Preposition Weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, can head to troops on the ground, sooner rather than later, potentially within days as opposed to weeks, but that doesnt rule out the prospect of further Political Infighting despite the fact that Congress Woman nancy pelosi has called on law makers to sign off on this bill for ukraine. We know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. They had wanted it tied to stricter immigration la ....
The bill has passed. Oh, one voting present. This is the moment the House Of Representatives approved a 60 billion package of military aid for ukraine. It was a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation in the binary world of american politics, with democratsjoining moderate republicans to see off opposition from the hard right. Us officials have indicated that deliveries of munitions and air Defence Systems are ready to go as soon as there is approval in the senate. Joining me live from washington is our correspondent helena humphrey. Shes on capitol hill following the vote. It is six months since President Biden first sought approval for this aid package, there has been a bitter row over it over it ever since, what got it over the line today . figs what got it over the line today . Sis you what got it over the ....
During the debate, lawmakers in support of the legislation urged their colleagues to swiftly approve the aid, saying time is running out for the ukrainians. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi was one of those to address the house. Vladimir putin has instructed his troops to use rape, kidnapping and murder in front of Family Members as a weapon of war to demoralise the people of ukraine. I hope that our colleagues will choose democracy and decency rather than autocracy and evil. Because i fear that if you choose the putin route, you will have blood on your hands. Blood of the children, blood of their mothers, raped in front of their parents, raped in front of their children. I vote on this and all of the other bills before us today. The only us lawmaker born in ukraine, victoria spartz, a republican representative, who has been known for her staunch support of donald trump, has ....