Unusual four-Bill package also includes aid for Taiwan and Indo-Pacific allies, and a threat to ban Chinese app TikTok.
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson walks to the House floor from his office on Capitol Hill.
The Senate is set to begin considering the House-passed Bill on April 23, with some preliminary votes that afternoon. Final passage is expected sometime next week, which would clear the way for Mr Biden to sign it into law. “The vital US aid Bill passed today by the House will keep the war from expanding, save thousands and thousands of lives, and help both of our nations to become stronger,” Mr Zelensky said on X.
“Mike Johnson is a lame duck... he’s done,” far-right Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene told reporters afterwards. Passage of the long-awaited legislation was closely watched by US defence contractors, who could be in line for huge contracts to supply equipment for Ukraine and other US partners.
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