Ukraine’s ambassador in US comments on failed voting in Senate
Pravda Ukraine
The fact that the Senate has not supported the decision to stop the debates concerning the bill about the international aid package does not rule out the possibility of re-voting in the near future.
Source: Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s ambassador in the US, on Facebook
Quote: “Like we predicted, the Senate has not supported the decision to stop the debate about the international aid bill. Today 51 senators (49 Republicans, one independent (B. Sanders) and one Democrat (leader of the Democrats Ch. Schumer who voted last when the result was already clear) voted against the decision to stop the debates concerning the international aid package bill published before the one that included Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the states of the Indo-Pacific region.”
Details: She stated that with 60 votes necessary to make a decision, 49 senators voted for starting the work on the bill (including 47 Democrats and two independent ones).
Markarova stressed that this does not rule out the possibility of re-voting soon. The members of the Republican party who announced negative voting concerning the international aid in advance, had stated earlier that they could not support a bill that did not contain the issue of the US southern border and changes to migration policy.
The ambassador stressed that Ukrainian diplomats are actively working and hoping that the Congress will support the agreed package that includes defence, budget, humanitarian and power aid for Ukraine for 2024 even before Christmas.
Background:
- A bill on the provision of aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan has failed to pass a procedural vote in the US Senate.
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