The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday narrowly voted down a bill that would audit the tens of billions of dollars that Congress has approved to spend on the war in Ukraine.
The legislation was introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and a small group of Republicans who oppose US aid to Ukraine, but it received strong support from more hawkish Republicans.
"It's official the Democrats have voted NO to transparency for the American people for an Audit for Ukraine," Greene wrote on Twitter after the vote.
Rep. Michael McCaul, who is expected to head the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the next Congress, has come out in favor of the audit bill.
McCaul has been critical of the Biden administration for not sending longer-range weapons to Ukraine and wants to encourage Ukrainian strikes on Crimea despite the risk of escalation.
He represents the mainstream Republicans who want to keep arming Ukraine but agree there should be more oversight.
Democrats have been critical of the growing Republican calls for more oversight of the Ukraine aid.
https://news.antiwar.com/2022/12/07/ukraine-aid-audit-bill-voted-down-by-democrat-led-panel/
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