President Joe Biden sent Congress a supplemental funding request on Friday that totals more than $100 billion and includes more than $60 billion for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel.
It comes a day after Biden gave his second prime-time Oval Office address in which he sought to explain why providing this aid was in the national security interests of the United States.
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“Hamas and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin represent different threats, but they share this in common: They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy,” the president said from behind the Resolute Desk. "American leadership is what holds the world together. ... To put all that at risk if we walk away from Ukraine, if we turn our backs on Israel, is just not worth it."
The supplemental request includes about $61.4 billion for Ukraine, half of which will help the Department of Defense replenish its stockpiles that had been depleted by its previous aid to Ukraine. $14.4 billion will go to the department for continued military and intelligence support, and $16.3 billion will go to the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development for economic, security, and operational aid.
It also includes $14.3 billion for Israel, with $10.6 billion of it going to the military for its aid and missile defense support, industrial base investments, and the replenishment of depleted stockpiles.
"Funding will expand production lines, strengthen the American economy, keep us safe, and create new American jobs," Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young told reporters. "This request also addresses the global humanitarian impacts of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine and of Hamas's horrific attacks on Israel, including by extending humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza. It provides resources to ensure we can compete with that offer in developing countries a better value proposition, and it supports us capabilities and initiatives that bolster security and stability in the Indo-Pacific."
The request will likely not be voted on by Congress immediately because the House of Representatives is paralyzed without a speaker of the House. A small group of Republicans pursued and ultimately succeeded in ousting former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) earlier this month, but none of the candidates who have sought to replace him has been able to garner enough support.
Additionally, House Republicans are divided on whether it is in the best interest of the U.S. to continue funding Ukraine as the war drags on. Comparatively, there's a smaller but just as vocal group of progressive Democrats who have raised those same questions about Israel.
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Biden has repeatedly said the U.S. would continue to support Ukraine and, more recently, Israel.
There is also $6.4 billion for border operations for use along America's southern border, which has been a primary concern among conservatives.