With overwhelming votes of 399-19 and 98-2, the US House of Representatives and Senate both passed bills approving $1 billion in aid for the Ukraine interim government. The two Senate dissenters were Rand Paul (R – KY) and Dean Heller (R – NV).
The aid will primarily come in the form of loan guarantees for Kiev, which is also getting larger loan guarantees from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union. Both Sens. Heller and Paul said that with Ukraine’s debt overwhelmingly owed to Russia the bills were tantamount to promising to pay back Russia.
Clearing the House and Senate, the next step is reconciling the two bills, which are similar but not identical. The House bill includes $10 million in funding for pro-US media coverage in Ukraine.
The Senate has also agreed to drop a provision calling for IMF reforms, something the House bill did not have. President Obama is expected to sign the bill as soon as it clears reconciliation.
Russia must love this.
Now Ukraine can afford to meet its overdue energy bill and use the money to pay the Russians.
I'd bet, if I was a gambler, that the Ukraine, once the coffers are full with US/IMF funds will tell Russia to pound sand regarding Ukraine's outstanding bills. And the US will strut about warning Russia to dare to try and collect.
Wonder if they will spend all that money at the strip club which was sanctioned by their masters?
dirty f traitorous B'TURDS..This has nothing to do with amerika–OUT GRANDCHILDREN ARE F'D
the US paid $418 billion in interest last year…
how is that working for us
the US paid $418 billion in interest last year…
where is this $1 billion coming from…
worst congress ever you know they just keep getting worse and worse…
and also know who owns them…not US firsters that is for sure
Another 1 billion dollars going straight to Russia
Guess the globalists feel taking care of America first is an antiquated notion of yesteryear.
Paying off Ukraine's debts to Russia gives Putin one less pretext for invading Ukraine and thereby further corners him.
corners him to what end….he dont care bout uk..he wants his naval bases
and the zio/US ally is the worst
That money could have been used right here, in this country.
> “Paying off Ukraine’s debts to Russia gives Putin one less pretext for invading Ukraine and thereby further corners him.”
LOL!!!
Putin does not need to “invade” the Ukraine. When the Ukrainians get screwed by the IMF bloodsuckers and ground down further into debt slavery like the Greeks, South and Eastern Ukraine will secede and beg to join Russia in order to have freedom and a better life. Putin doesn’t have to lift a finger. The US and its EU sock puppets will be left with a worthless and hopelessly bankrupt landlocked rump state that will be a liability for decades to come.
Who wants to be a millionaire?
$10 million to propagandize in Ukraine…un-f***ing believable.
Maybe it's a miniwar，between the US House of Representatives and Senate.