{"id":7297,"date":"2022-03-12T00:41:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T00:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/12\/biden-signs-spending-bill-that-includes-13-6-billion-in-ukraine-aid-2\/"},"modified":"2022-03-12T00:41:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T00:41:06","slug":"biden-signs-spending-bill-that-includes-13-6-billion-in-ukraine-aid-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/12\/biden-signs-spending-bill-that-includes-13-6-billion-in-ukraine-aid-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden signs spending bill that includes $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<section >\n<p>President Biden has signed a $ 1.5 trillion spending bill funded by the government through September and includes $ 13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The president signed the bill on Friday, after the Senate passed it Thursday night by a margin of 68-31.  Financial assistance to Ukraine, which includes billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance, garnered bipartisan support. <\/p>\n<p>The signing of the bill by the president on Friday prevents a partial shutdown of the government that would otherwise have occurred on Friday at midnight.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Biden is in Camp David this weekend, overseeing the war in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>On Friday morning, the president announced that the G7 nations and the United States are <span >revoke Russia&#8217;s favored nation status<\/span>, allowing them to impose tariffs and hinder Russia&#8217;s trade with much of the world economy.  The US is also blocking Russian imports of seafood, diamonds and vodka.  The US has done the same <span >banned imports of Russian gas and oil<\/span>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span >Biden warns of &#8220;severe price&#8221; if Putin&#8217;s forces use chemical weapons while US and Russia accuse each other of plotting false flag attacks<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The bill includes $ 730 billion in non-defense spending, up 6.7 percent from fiscal year 2021, which Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, head of the Senate Appropriation Committee, said is &#8220;the biggest increase in four years.&#8221;  It also provides $ 782 billion in defense spending, 5.6% more than last year.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Melissa Quinn helped report <\/em><\/p>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"\" --><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<p>    .component - recirculation-type .item: nth-child (5) {display: none;  } # recirc-item - id-24d23ff8-2d65-4c66-a944-06a50c86eccc {display: none;  } # recirc-item - id-24d23ff8-2d65-4c66-a944-06a50c86eccc ~ .item: nth-child (5) {display: block;  }\n  <\/style>\n<p><!-- tags --><br \/>\n  <\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-aid-biden-signs-omnibus-bill\/\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden has signed a $ 1.5 trillion spending bill funded by the government through September and includes $ 13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine. 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