The document does not provide assistance for Ukraine or Israel.
President of the United States of America Joe Biden on Thursday, November 16, signed a bill on temporary government funding. This will prevent a shutdown, but the package does not include additional aid to Ukraine and Israel.
This was reported by the White House press service.
Biden signed the bill a day before a possible shutdown.
The spending package will keep funding at current levels for another two months while the upcoming long-term package is negotiated.
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American lawmakers approved temporary funding for the US government for 45 days to avoid a shutdown – blocking payments to public sector employees: congressmen and their staff, military, social workers and others who will receive salaries from the federal budget. That is, they will not be sent on unpaid leave. The budget for 2024 (in the US the new budget year begins on October 1), which would have included assistance to Ukraine in the amount of more than $60 billion, did not receive the required number of votes.
The vote on the budget was blocked by a group of congressmen in the House of Representatives, mostly Trumpists.
The Daily Beast, an American political news website, citing data from the Council on Foreign Relations CFR, notes that the US provides more aid to Ukraine than any other single country, although the US ranks only 16th among countries that help as a share of GDP. Ukraine. In this way, the publication appeals to the statements of the “Trumpists” that the country has taken on too much of a burden by helping Ukraine, and responding to their statements about the war in Ukraine as “Biden’s war.”
A government shutdown is a state in which part of the American government does not work due to the fact that a new budget has not been adopted, which includes funds for the operation of government agencies. It occurs when the budget for the current period ceases to operate.
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