Posted on 12/08/2025 4:50:12 PM PST by Kazan
On Sunday, December 7, US lawmakers unveiled the final text of the defense policy bill, which includes record funding for national security as well as aid for Ukraine, according to Reuters, Fox News, and AOL.
Media reports state that the bill allocates $901 billion for military spending for fiscal year 2026-$8 billion more than what President Donald Trump requested in May of this year.
The legislation also assists Ukraine.
“The legislation reauthorizes the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative at $400 million per year for fiscal years 2026 and 2027,” Fox News reports.
Additionally, the US Congress will require more frequent reporting on allied contributions to Ukraine to track how European partners support Kyiv.
Several media outlets also note that the legislation obliges the Pentagon chief to report to the House of Representatives and the Senate on any suspension or cessation of intelligence support to Ukraine.
According to Republican leadership aides, the House of Representatives is set to vote on the bill in the coming days.
“This legislation includes important House-passed provisions to ensure our military forces remain the most lethal in the world and can deter any adversary,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson.
He added that the legislation will advance Trump’s agenda by ending woke ideology in the Pentagon, securing our borders, revitalizing the defense industrial base, and restoring military ethics.
I thought the President said taxpayers weren't going to be wasting anymore money there.
Hmm.. Something is wrong here..
Didn’t Trump say that we (USA) weren’t wasting any more of our money for them?
He needs to veto this Bill if it comes to a final vote.
Obviously, Congress is a big problem between the RINOs and the Democrats. I would like to know who voted for this.
from 62B in 2024 to 800M now? get a grip
My parents bought a house for $32,000 in 1968. It recently sold for close to a million dollars. A million isn’t what it used to be.
$400 million a year to Ukraine is equivalent to 400 US houses!
“My parents bought a house for $32,000 in 1968.”
High rollers! My dad paid $30K on the dot the same year.
Veto! That’s what my screen name is about.
I love that old Grouch Marx song, “Whatever it is, I’m against it.”
I agree with that image. But it should be added: And don’t excuse either side in this stupid war.
There are no clean hands here. Nothing but fools and egotists on both sides. And because of that many, many good people are dying in the meat grinder.
Just like in WW1.
“I love that old Grouch Marx song, ‘Whatever it is, I’m against it.’”
Groucho was one of a kind. We used to watch his show “You Bet Your Life” when I was a kid. The movies he and his brothers made are classics.
Because they're foreigners? We're not allowed to spend taxpayer money on USA citizens! Illegal aliens, Somalis, Africans, etc. are given our money. How about making foreign peoples pay USA income tax, and spend it on our citizens!
Polls show Ukraine is not even in the top of issues Americans are concerned about.
WTH Trump?
None of the Allahu Akhbar Chirus will be here to denounce this spend. But Israel!!!
Remember when all those Democrats ( and some Republicans) were waving those “cute” little Ukie flags on the floor of the US Congress?
A very disgusting event…..then the fools wanted to put a bronze bust of Zelensky honoring him? Fools.
Ukraine annual cost of natural gas — $2.3B
Ukraine annual cost of government personnel pensions — $27B
this includes elderly refugees who fled elsewhere and get some kind of direct deposit
RINOs probably wouldn’t pass the military spending bill without giving the corrupt Uke dwarf some money. I can think of 5 RINOs right now.
you coined a new name for these folks: Chirus, pronounced Cheee-roos. I like it.
Probably right.
McConnell, Tillis, Rand Paul, Lisa Madcow, Susan Collins.
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