Senate clears $40 billion Ukraine aid bill for Biden’s signature

By Juliegrace Brufke

Published May 19, 2022 5:34pm ET

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Senate clears $40 billion Ukraine aid bill for Biden’s signature — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., before his speech at the McConnell Center's Distinguished Speaker Series Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in Louisville, Ky. | (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

The Senate on Thursday passed legislation aimed at providing $39.8 billion in additional military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, just ahead of the deadline in which the Pentagon was slated to exhaust its previously appropriated funds to assist the country in its fight against Russia’s unprovoked attacks.

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