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Biden asks Congress for $40 billion to support Ukraine, replenish US disaster aid and bolster border (apnews.com)
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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Also what amounts are going where? Could be 39 billion to the border and 1 billion to Ukraine.

They intentionally lump these sums together so that they can distribute it as they desire. There is no reason to do this other then to hide funding.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago*

    I mean you could have just read the article.

    13B for defense support and 8B in Humanitarian aid for Ukraine. 12B for federal disaster funding. ~7B for border funding, Fentanyl seizure Ops, and other stuff. So the 7B is vague, but it's a budget. You could probably just go to the house or senate page once it's released to get the details.

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