New GOP Foreign Aid Package Proposes Nearly $61 Billion in Aid for Ukraine

‘The House must pass the package this week and the Senate should quickly follow,’ President Joe Biden said.
New GOP Foreign Aid Package Proposes Nearly $61 Billion in Aid for Ukraine
House Speaker Mike Johnson attends a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, on April 16, 2024. Julia Nikhinson/AFP via Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
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House Republicans on Wednesday released the text of a series of bills providing foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan but the measures have already sparked criticism among conservatives over their alleged failure to address national security concerns and increasing immigration at the southern border.

The foreign aid bills total $95 billion and align spending levels with the foreign aid national security package that passed the Senate in February but which House Speaker Mike Johnson declined to take up in the House.
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Katabella Roberts is a news writer for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and business news.