The U.S. Senate passed the stop gap spending CR extending government funding for 45 days.
DC is going bananas, claiming that everyone supports additional multi-billion expenditures for Ukraine, but during a Senate Republican meeting earlier today, even John Thune told Mitch McConnell the ask for more Ukraine funding was a bridge too far.
Joe Biden responded to the bill, noting the importance of an additional funding mechanism for Ukraine.
The package is a departure from Senate leaders' original ambitions to include Ukraine aid in the short-term funding bill.
The final version of the bill - which overwhelmingly passed the House with bipartisan support Saturday afternoon - only includes disaster relief alongside regular government funding.
Senate Democrats now say they'll be seeking a supplemental bill to continue assisting Ukraine in its war against Russia.
The intensity of the DC system, both Republicans and Democrats alike, to pour money into Ukraine, despite the majority of the American people not in agreement with the priority, is unlike anything in modern times.
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