The Biden administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has sent Congress a request for an additional emergency funding package to help Ukraine, Israel and the border crisis.
“In the coming weeks, the Administration looks forward to continued engagement with members of both parties to reach a comprehensive, bipartisan agreement to fund the Government and invest in critical national priorities,” said the OMB Director. Shalanda Young in a letter to Congress. “As part of that process, Congress has an opportunity and an obligation to advance our national security by addressing critical needs that must garner Bipartisan support.”
The administration is asking for $105 billion in total, according to sources familiar with the matter.
SENATE PREPARED FOR BIDEN TO SEND REQUEST FOR MORE FUNDING IN ISRAEL, UKRAINE AID
President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on August 15, 2023. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
The request includes aid for Ukraine against Russian aggression, aid to Israel in response to Hamas terrorist attacks, and investment in 1,300 more border security agents to stop the flow of fentanyl as well 1,600 more asylum officers to speed up asylum processing.
The request also calls for funds for “cutting-edge” detection technology at the Southwest border and “investigative capabilities to prevent cartels from trafficking fentanyl into the United States.”
WHITE HOUSE NEGOTIATES JOINT AID TO ISRAEL AND UKRAINE IN SENATE
A view shows smoke in the Gaza Strip as seen from Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (REUTERS)
Humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza and support for Israeli defense, along with aid for Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and surrounding areas, are also outlined.
The letter states that the US has assembled a coalition of more than 50 countries providing aid to Ukraine, and that funding for the Eastern European country – left over from the previous interim spending package passed by Congress in September – is inexhaustible.
GOP SENATORS RAMP UP PUSH TO REFREEZE $6B IN IRANIAN FUNDS: ‘HAMAS IS JUST A PUPPET’
Smoke rises after a rocket from the Gaza Strip hit a house in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 7. (AP)
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“As the Ukrainians mount a fierce counteroffensive and as winter approaches, the world is watching to see what Congress will do next. It is important that we
continue to do everything we can to help Ukraine succeed on the battlefield and protect its people,” Young wrote. “As the President has said, we cannot under any circumstances allow America’s support to be cut off for Ukraine—we are the indispensable Nation of the world , let us act.”
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