The administration believes that aid will ultimately be passed. But the process of getting there is still hazy.
The president and his team have sought to give House Speaker Mike Johnson breathing room as he leads a fractious GOP caucus with an ever-shrinking majority. | Samuel Corum/Getty Imagescan put a $60 billion aid package for Ukraine up for a vote — and survive it politically.
Ultimately, the focus continues to be on convincing Johnson of the urgency of getting aid to Ukraine. “We do not comment on private discussions with legislators one way or the other,” said White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates. “Like President Biden said in his State of the Union, our own urgent national security interests are on the line because Putin will not stop at Ukraine, but Ukraine can stop Putin.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took his message directly to Johnson in a phone call last week, adding later in a social media post that Ukrainian leadership recognizes “that there are differing views in the House of Representatives.
While economic aid can be delivered in the form of a loan, military aid is more complex. But there are other reasons Democrats are sour on the idea: A sizable loan would depress Ukraine’s credit rating as it fights a war and, eventually, tries to rebuild. There are also concerns about the new precedent it would set for providing foreign aid.
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