Ukraine's Zelensky walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at Capitol Hill in Sept. 2023.
was in danger as a small but vocal contingent of fellow Republican lawmakers intensified their efforts against sending U.S. money overseas for the fight against Russia.
“Not another penny for Ukraine!” wrote Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Greene, a top Trump ally, arguing money should be spent on securing the U.S. border with Mexico instead. A week before the deadline, McConnell told Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, on a Friday call that it"would be impossible” for Congress to pass the full $24 billion request, said the person familiar with the situation.
The problem was, however, that the Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill had never fully articulated Ukraine as a top priority as they fought off House Republican demands for steep budget cuts to keep the government open. had essentially forced McCarthy to strip a much smaller amount of Ukraine security assistance funds, $300 million, from an annual defense funding bill.
South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the Republicans' second in command, had been in talks with McCarthy, including that morning, and understood from the speaker that the package could not pass with the Ukraine aid attached.
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