Punchbowl News: “In May 2022, just three months after Russia launched a brutal invasion of Ukraine, 368 House members and 86 senators voted to send $40 billion to Ukraine.”
“It was an overwhelming message to the world that the vast majority of Congress was standing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his quest to beat back Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion. (Future Speaker Mike Johnson was one of the no votes.)”
“But in the intervening 19 months, Washington has cooled on Ukraine — a trend driven by Republicans. Public support for the war effort has steadily dropped. World attention shifted to the Oct. 7 terror attacks and Israel’s brutal battle with Hamas in Gaza. Lawmakers have left town now without approving any new Ukraine aid since the end of 2022. This would have been unthinkable just a short time ago.”
