{"id":512921,"date":"2022-11-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/divided-gop-tiptoes-on-biden-request-for-more-ukraine-aid\/"},"modified":"2022-11-20T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T11:00:00","slug":"divided-gop-tiptoes-on-biden-request-for-more-ukraine-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/divided-gop-tiptoes-on-biden-request-for-more-ukraine-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"#Divided GOP tiptoes on Biden request for more Ukraine aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35785f3110a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35785f3110a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/divided-gop-tiptoes-on-biden-request-for-more-ukraine-aid\/#Divided_GOP_tiptoes_on_Biden_request_for_more_Ukraine_aid\" >Divided GOP tiptoes on Biden request for more Ukraine aid<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Divided_GOP_tiptoes_on_Biden_request_for_more_Ukraine_aid\"><\/span>Divided GOP tiptoes on Biden request for more Ukraine aid<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/ukraine-military_111822ap-roman-chop_ukraine-aid.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republicans are tiptoeing around a recent request from the Biden administration for billions in Ukraine aid, as the party faces internal divisions on the path forward for assistance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The White House last week asked Congress for more than $37 billion in additional assistance for Ukraine amid Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion. And while some Republicans say they\u2019re supportive of the amount, many more have been cautious to take a position just yet.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of money. I think we\u2019ll have to have an open discussion on it,\u201d Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), top Republican on the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>ropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, said on Tuesday, shortly after the request was\u00a0made public.<\/p>\n<p>While there is broad support for Ukraine military assistance among Republicans in both chambers, there has also been resistance about other forms of aid and how it\u2019s being accounted for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s strong bipartisan support for supporting Ukraine, but I think there\u2019s also an interest in having accounting for the dollars that have already been spent,\u201d Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. two Senate Republican, said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re gonna have to resolve that issue,\u201d Thune told The Hill, adding: \u201cIt\u2019ll get worked out one way or the other. But a lot of this stuff, I think right now, it\u2019s probably gonna get punted to the next Congress would be my guess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is some urgency among lawmakers to take up Ukraine aid following spillover from Russia\u2019s war into Poland earlier this week, where an apparent, errant Ukrainian missile explosion killed two Polish citizens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), co-chair of the Senate NATO Observer group and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told The Hill that it is \u201cvery important\u201d for Congress to consider the administration\u2019s funding request \u201cas we\u2019re finishing the budget for this year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Lawmakers are seriously eyeing attaching Ukraine funding to must-pass government funding legislation during the lame-duck session, as leaders seek to cinch an omnibus funding deal by year\u2019s end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senate Appropriations Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) expressed confidence on Tuesday that Congress will pass an omnibus bill with aid for Ukraine in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s unclear whether Congress will be able to pass an omnibus by Dec. 16, when funding is due. It could instead pass a continuing resolution to stave off a shutdown, as both sides struggle to find agreement on an overall topline figure for next year\u2019s spending.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>There have also been rifts amongst Republicans over whether to delay larger decisions around new funding into next year to allow the next Congress more say on how the government should be funded for fiscal year 2023, which began in October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is adamant support from both parties to pass aid for Ukraine during the lame-duck period, particularly as uncertainty swells around whether a GOP House could impede funding next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what some people are concerned about is the change in the House,\u201d Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told The Hill on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s some questions as to what the House is going to do once a change is over,\u201d Capito added. \u201cWe\u2019ll just have to see how that falls out. I can\u2019t make a prediction there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A minority of outspoken Republicans have criticized aid for Ukraine when there are needs in the U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who has voted against earlier aid packages to Ukraine, introduced a privileged resolution on Thursday to audit U.S. assistance to Ukraine, part of her <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> rejection of sending American assistance abroad.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI voted \u2018no\u2019 from the beginning, and I\u2019ll continue to vote \u2018no,\u2019\u201d she said during a press conference last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fifty-seven House Republicans voted against a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine in May, including Greene, and she said she expects that number to grow.<\/p>\n<p>This is likely to include Rep.-elect Cory Mills (R-Fl.), who lent his support to Greene\u2019s resolution on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans deserve transparency of where their money goes, that\u2019s our job as elected officials,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department\u2019s Office of Inspector General has an ongoing audit of how assistance to Ukraine is being disbursed.\u00a0The Biden administration, as part of its funding request to Congress, earmarked $20 million for \u201coversight and accountability\u201d to \u201cmaintain ongoing efforts to work with the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance and other Ukrainian government institutions on their monitoring, transparency, verification, and reporting related to their use\u201d of American support to the government in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Recent polling does show support for Ukraine aid is on a downward trend among registered Republicans. In a poll released\u00a0earlier this month\u00a0by the Wall Street Journal, 48 percent of registered Republicans said the U.S. is doing too much to support Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>But Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.), ranking Republican on the House Rules Committee, who is supportive of continued U.S. assistance, said on Thursday he thinks most Americans don\u2019t realize the stakes the Ukraine-Russian conflict poses to national security.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIf the Ukrainians fail, I think the odds of China doing something dangerous in the western Pacific go up dramatically,\u201d Cole said, referring to concerns among the U.S. and allies that China is weighing an invasion of neighboring Taiwan based on how America and its allies maintain solidarity for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we have a national interest here and I\u2019m never going to be ashamed of supporting people that are fighting for their lives literally, against a brutal aggression that they did not in any way, shape or form, encourage,\u201d the congressman continued.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans worried the U.S. could be drawn more directly into a wider war are pushing diplomacy after the two deaths in Poland, which unlike Ukraine is a NATO member.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was a wake-up call to how close we are being drawn into this through the NATO Treaty,\u201d\u00a0Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) told The Hill, referring to mutual defense commitments among NATO members. Massie is a co-sponsor to Greene\u2019s audit resolution and is critical of American assistance to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a chance for us to sort of take a sober look at what commitments we actually have if that were to have been a missile from Russia,\u201d Massie said.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion in Poland has underscored the high-stakes as Russian attacks on Ukraine have intensified \u2014 even as Ukraine has scored impressive battlefield victories.<\/p>\n<p>National Security Spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Friday that the administration supports a diplomatic negotiated settlement but that the timing is up to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s difficult for anybody to imagine that Mr. Zelensky would be ready to sit down and talk while his citizens are literally being slaughtered almost on a daily basis by the Russians,\u201d he said.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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