House Advances $8 Billion Ukraine Aid Package.

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The House of Representatives sent mixed messages on U.S. foreign policy on Wednesday, opposing hostilities with the Islamic Republic of Iran while approving a massive military aid package for Ukraine.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The House of Representatives voted to continue funding the war in Ukraine the same day it passed a war powers resolution against President Donald. J. Trump over Iran.📺 DETAIL: On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted 215–208 on a war powers resolution to rein in President Donald J. Trump from taking further military action against Iran. The measure was passed after four Republicans voted with the Democrats in defiance of the President. However, on the same day, also in defiance of the President, the House voted to continue military aid to Ukraine. The House voted 218-204 in a procedural motion allowing for a vote on the Ukraine Support Act, a piece of legislation authored by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY). The bill gifts $8 billion in military financing loans to Ukraine, extends the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which allows for the U.S. to send Ukraine weapons from U.S. stockpiles, and imposes additional sanctions on Russia, among other measures.💬 KEY QUOTE: “This vote is not a process vote, it’s a statement on whether this Congress and all of its members stand with and support Ukraine and the people of Ukraine, and its fight for freedom, its fight for democracy, and its fight for liberty.” – Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) on the procedural motion.🎯 IMPACT: The regularity with which Congress has defied the President recently, from ending the Anti-Weaponization Fund, a measure to compensate victims of government lawfare, to pushing a war powers resolution, suggests the executive is coming under increased pressure from the legislature, both in relation to domestic and foreign policy.