Now COVID Funds Are Being Diverted To Rush $40 Billion To Ukraine War

greatgameindia.com ^ | May 11, 2022 | GGI Staff

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Joe Biden admitted to removing COVID relief from the package, stating on Monday that he was told it would delay action on the urgently needed Ukrainian aid, confirming that now COVID funds are being diverted to rush the $40 billion towards the Ukraine war.

After agreeing to reject a request for further COVID-19 related funding that they intended to merge, Congressional Democrats are pushing to rustle up $39.8 billion in additional Ukraine aid.

According to Reuters, the package, which exceeds President Joe Biden’s $33 billion proposal from April, could be voted on by the House as soon as Tuesday, with Senate Democrats signaling that they are ready to act quickly.

Biden on April 28 asked Congress for $33 billion to support Ukraine, including more than $20 billion in military assistance. That proposal was a dramatic escalation of U.S. funding for the war with Russia. read more

The new proposal includes an additional $3.4 billion for military aid and $3.4 billion in humanitarian aid, the sources said.-Reuters

Although bipartisan backing for emergency help to Ukraine has prevailed for weeks, disagreements about domestic funding for pandemic relief and whether or not stricter immigration controls should be included have slowed the procedure.

“We cannot allow our shipments of assistance to stop while we await further congressional action,” President Biden said in a statement, urging Congress to speed up the financing so he could approve within the next few days.

The concern arises after Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pleaded for the funding in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and senior House Republican Kevin McCarthy, claiming that they will run out in two weeks.

“We need your help,” Austin and Blinken wrote, claiming that there was “only” $100 million left over from a presidential weapons authorisation (which required no congressional approval).

The letter says, “We expect to exhaust that authority no later than May 19, 2022,”

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters he was pleased the Ukraine assistance was decoupled from COVID-19 aid. He had advocated for a “clean” Ukraine bill repeatedly in speeches in the Senate.-Reuters

Senator Dick Durban, the second-ranking Democrat, was not pleased with the decision.

“It would have been so much better for us to protect the United States as well as worked to protect Ukraine,” Durban added, adding that dividing Ukraine funding from COVID-19 aid “doesn’t help. Putting those two together would have been a positive.”

Biden admitted to removing COVID relief from the package, stating on Monday that he was told it would delay action “on the urgently needed Ukrainian aid.”

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[AZJeep]

Who cares about COVID. There are people dying in Ukraine!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

We need a global thermonuclear war and we need it NOW!

[Alas Babylon!]

We don’t need fedgov funds for Covid OR Ukrainians.

Cut taxes, welfare giveaways, foreign aid and regulations.

[kiryandil]

The New Urkraine Grift

[1Old Pro]

Can I assume that every other NATO country has also authorized another 40 billion?

[hardspunned]

Hell, give to it Solyndra oligarchs. Might as well them as General Dynamics, DC and Kiev oligarchs.

[kiryandil]

Never give up The Grift.     

[LouieFisk]

We have never been at war with East Covid. We have always been at war in East Ukraine. Take your soma and don’t miss the 5 minute Z-Love.

[PGR88]

Its all one long-running propaganda exercise and manufactured crisis

[Right Brother]

Don’t you dare talk about Covid, the baby formula shortage and food/gas prices! Its all about Ukraine, don’t you know? Ukraine at all costs! According to many on this forum, if you don’t agree, you are a Putin puffer.

[cld51860]

Wow, so what Mitch McConnell said about Ukraine being “the most important thing in the world” right now must really be true! /s

[Republican in occupied CA]

The Big Guy gets his 10%

[cranked]

Printing money to send to others while the country burns down.

But who cares right, Ukraine is worth it cause all the dying people, etc. yeah? We are so fraked.

[Desron13]

"Now COVID Funds Are Being Diverted To Rush $40 Billion To Ukraine War..."

Now you see how nice it is to be able to spend other peoples money and call it altruism. YIPI!

[cherry]

the "covid" money is a bunch of crapola anyway....who actually benefitted?...not the ordinary taxpaying slobs like us....

most of that seemed to go to the favorite leftists organizations....

[Widget Jr]

I disagree with the article's premise.

Congress is spending money on Ukraine. There is nothing beyond the title to suggest that already allocated funds are getting diverted to Ukraine. What congress is doing is spending money, not diverting funds.

In December, Russia stated its goals to politically dominate Eastern Europe. For years as been manufacturing excuses to take over Ukraine.

Putin is restarting the Cold War and the USSR. There is no way Europe and the U.S. are going to passively sit by and let that happen. Of course the U.S. and NATO are going to supply Ukraine with weapons and funds. So far 40 countries have pledged to aid Ukraine with weapons and support. This isn't just the U.S. being involved here.

[Desron13]

Government:

Give "Us" One tenth, one quarter, one half, all of your money, an we'll make sure that we'll take good care of you. Don't worry about a thing. We're the government and we're here to help you.

People:

Thanks, but we feel were just fine now. Please go find someone or something else to help.

[AZJeep]

Nope, Poland already dedicated 25%of their budget.
That’s equivalent of about trillion US$ for US.
Many other European countries are spending similar amounts.
US is so far trailing!