McCarthy Backtracks, Says He Will Keep $300 Million of Ukraine Aid in Pentagon Funding Bill

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday backtracked and said he will keep the $300 million of Ukraine aid in the Pentagon funding bill.

"The Pentagon will exempt its Ukraine operations from a potential shutdown if lawmakers can't agree on a deal to fund the government by the end of the month, allowing key training and other activities in support of Kyiv's forces to move ahead uninterrupted, according to a Defense Department spokesperson," Politico reported.

FDA Approves "Emergency Use" Of Experimental Vaccines - Is It Time To Stockpile Critical Medications Before The Government Restricts Them Again? McCarthy on Saturday said he will keep Ukraine aid in the Pentagon appropriations bill just one day after vowing to strip the funding.

"That's not solving it because one of the others has some Ukraine things," McCarthy said of stripping the Ukraine aid out of the Pentagon appropriations bill.

McCarthy told reporters in the Capitol that he decided to keep the $300 million of Ukraine aid in the bill after recognizing that another spending measure set to come up next week - one that funds the State Department and Foreign Operations - also includes money for Kyiv.

The Speaker said stripping the Ukraine aid out of the State Department and Foreign Operations measure "Becomes more difficult to do," which led him to decide to keep the money for Kyiv in both measures.

"There's no money in the House right now for Ukraine. It's not a good time for him to be here, quite frankly," Donalds told reporters. 

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