The US Senate published an agreement/Collage 24 Channel (Photo by Getty Images) The US Senate published the text of the agreement, which provides for national security agreements and assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Joe Biden called on Congress to come together and quickly pass this bipartisan agreement. The corresponding bill in the US Senate was published on Sunday, February 4, 2024. The US President commented on the agreement in his address, writes 24 Channel. US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote that the Senate must take decisive action regarding this emergency in the coming days additional funding for national security. “On Monday (referring to February 5th – Channel 24) I will take the first procedural step to get this action in the Senate, with the first vote scheduled for Wednesday,” Schumer said. A 370-page document was published on the US Senate website. The bill provides a total of $118.2 billion. They include: The Senate agreed on a package on national security and assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
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Joe Biden commented on the agreement between the bipartisan Senate, that is, Republicans and Democrats, on national security. The US President said that going back decades, the immigration system was broken and it was time to fix it. That's why Biden said he has directed members of his administration to work with a bipartisan group of senators to finally take the issue seriously.
Now we've reached agreement on a bipartisan national security agreement that includes the toughest and fairest set of border reforms in a decade. “I strongly support this,” the American leader said.
He also explained that although this agreement does not address everything that the US President would like, these reforms are important to make the U.S. border more orderly, secure, fair and humane.
Joe Biden also said the agreement addresses two other important priorities. In particular, it allows the United States:
- continue our vital work with partners around the world to defend Ukraine's freedom and support its ability to defend itself against Russian aggression;
- provides Israel with everything it needs to protect its people and defend from Hamas terrorists. And it will provide vital humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people.
As I said earlier, if we We will not stop Putin’s appetite for power and control in Ukraine, it will not be limited only to Ukraine, and the costs for the United States will increase,” Biden said.
The American leader added that now the Republicans The House of Representatives must decide. After all, despite the differences, we cannot allow party politics to get in the way of fulfilling our responsibilities as a great nation.
“I call on Congress to come together and quickly pass this bipartisan agreement. Get it on my desk so I can sign it into law immediately,” Joe Biden concluded.
What is known about aid for Ukraine
Republicans and Democrats in the United States could not agree on security at the US borders, so they did not accept the draft law , which also contains money for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
It is known that the bill provides 60.1 billion to help Ukraine. In particular, the assistance will be valid until December 31, 2024 and provides for 48.43 billion in military assistance for continued US support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia through military training, intelligence sharing , increasing the presence in the area of responsibility of the European Command and other supporting ones, including the allocation of:
- 19.85 billion – to replenish stocks of US weapons and equipment provided Ukraine from Department of Defense (DoD) stocks;
- 13.8 – to allow Ukraine to rearm through the purchase of weapons and ammunition from the US defense industrial base;
- 14.8 – for continued US support to Ukraine through military training, intelligence sharing, increased presence and other supporting actions.
Also, 7.85 billion dollars will go to direct budget support for Ukraine, another 1.58 billion will go to support the development of the Ukrainian economy in priority sectors.
In addition , the document provides $10 billion for “humanitarian assistance to civilians in conflict zones, including Gaza, the West Bank and Ukraine.”
