New aid for Ukraine is tied up in a fight over pandemic relief and immigration policy. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Peter Cohn explain the tangle over supplemental funding and assess the prospects for fiscal 2023 appropriations, a downsized “Build Back Better” measure and more.
Show Notes:
- Biden asks Congress for $33 billion in Ukraine aid
- Ukraine aid, pandemic relief likely to be combined in Senate
- Aid to restaurants, businesses faces Senate headwinds
- Senators relaunch bipartisan immigration discussions
- Biden is exploring using Russian money to rebuild Ukraine
- Biden border move opens rift among Senate Democrats
- Judge halts winding down of Title 42 border expulsion policy
- Senators say Pentagon must do more to help Ukraine defeat Russia
- House passes $55B aid package for restaurants, other businesses
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