To the yes. The bill has passed. This is the moment the House Of Representatives approved a 60 Billion Dollar 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. Our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, has been telling us the funding has been welcomed by the Ukrainian President , volodymyr zelensky. Yes, hesjust said, im grateful to the United States House Of Representatives, both parties and personally speaker mikejohnson, for the decision. He says that keeps history on the right track. He talks about democracy and freedom always having global significance and will never fail as long as america helps to protect it. And a slight reagan quote where he says, just peace and security can o
President biden has called to advanceit advance it swiftly so you 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 even 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 tied to strict immigration laws, Stricter Border security with a us mexico border. In that particular vote failed. They needed to two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. Instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it. And actually voted in favour. We know that republican Congress Woman Marjorie Greene has
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The much needed money approved. Flag waving on the floor is not. Is not appropriate. Democrats have wanted to send more aid for months. I fear that if you choose the putin route, you will have blood on your hands. The problem was a split within the republican party, with some of their members totally opposed. The problem was a split in the republican party, with some of their members totally opposed. This was a Business Model that requires congress to continue to vote for money,. To continue to fund foreign wars, and this is a Business Model the American People do not support. The house will be in order over 100, just under half of the republicans in the house, did support the aid to ukraine. Sir, do you expect the motion to vacate against you today . The republican leader, mikejohnson, put his job on the line to get this motion passed, and he may now face a vote to remove him. Its an old military adage, but we would rather send bullets to the conflict overseas than our own boys, our t