Ukraine Aid Funding Receives, Overwhelming Bipartisan Support, in US Senate.<br />Ukraine Aid Funding Receives, Overwhelming Bipartisan Support, in US Senate.<br />The Senate approved $40 billion in additional aid for Ukraine on May 19.<br />The vote was 86 to 11, a commanding show of bipartisanship in a deeply divided Senate.<br />President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill into law immediately.<br />The total amount of U.S. aid supplied to the nation equates to $54 billion.<br />Ukraine has been battling an invasion of Russian forces since Feb. 24. .<br />Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer stated that passage of the aid means that more "help is on the way.".<br />We Americans — all of us, Democrat and Republican — cannot afford to stick our heads in the sand while Vladimir Putin continues his vicious belligerence against the Ukrainian people, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, (D-NY), <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />Senate Minority Leader <br />Mitch McConnell stated <br />that passage of the aid is <br />good for American interests.<br />Aid for Ukraine goes far beyond charity; the future of America’s security and core strategic interests will be shaped by the outcome of this fight, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-KY), <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />McConnell accompanied a delegation of Republican senators to Ukraine over the weekend.<br />The bill passed by the Senate provides significantly <br />more aid than what was asked for by President Biden.<br />Its focus is almost equally divided on both weapons and humanitarian aid.<br />The humanitarian aid includes funding to <br />assist the Ukrainian government.<br />as well as support for refugees in the form of training, housing and trauma services
