The House is set to vote Wednesday on a sweeping bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the 2022 fiscal year and send further military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, as well as approve money for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments.
The $1.5 trillion package, unveiled early Wednesday, would send $13.6 billion to Ukraine, with roughly half of that for humanitarian and economic aid and the other half for defense in Ukraine as well as U.S. allies in the Baltics and Central and Eastern Europe.
The package sets U.S. spending levels for defense and nondefense spending for fiscal 2022 and comes after months of negotiations between Democratic and Republican leaders.
Passage of the omnibus legislation on Wednesday would send it to the Senate, which will then debate the legislation and vote on it this week.
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