WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden on Sunday (Oct 1) pressed congressional Republicans to back a bill to provide more aid to Ukraine, saying he was 'sick and tired' of the political brinkmanship that nearly led to a government shutdown. Biden spoke after Congress passed a stopgap bill on Saturday that extended government funding for more than a month and...
US President Joe Biden makes a statement about the stopgap government funding bill passed by the US House and Senate to avert a government shutdown at the White House in Washington, US, Oct 1, 2023.WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden on Sunday pressed congressional Republicans to back a bill to provide more aid to Ukraine, saying he was "sick and tired" of the political brinkmanship that nearly led to a government shutdown.
The bill, which passed with broad Democratic and Republican support, sparked hardline Republican Matt Gaetz to pledge to oust the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy. Asked if he could trust McCarthy to honour deals, Biden said: "We just made one about Ukraine, so we’ll find out."
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