President Joe Biden signed a bill providing $13.6 billion in additional military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The legislation is part of a $1.5 trillion government spending measure that omits COVID-19 aid the White House says is urgently needed.
The White House says that without additional funding, the federal government will stop accepting new claims next week for treating uninsured people for COVID-19 and that state allocations of life-saving monoclonal antibody treatments will be slashed by 30% to prolong their supply.
The $1.5 trillion bill to fund the government for the current year that runs through Sept. 30 is being enacted five months behind schedule. But the money for Ukraine to fight Russia’s invasion became a bipartisan rallying point for the measure as Congress urged Biden to take more aggressive steps against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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