May 16, 2022 12:06 GMT
MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS – US Daily
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- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is the latest high-profile US lawmaker to travel to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. McConnell told reporters in Sweden that he expects the USD$40 billion Ukraine aid package to pass with strong bipartisan support this week.
- Former President Donald Trump had this to say on Ukraine aid: ‘The Democrats are sending another $40 billion to Ukraine, yet America’s parents are struggling to even feed their children.’
- There’s a cloture vote in the US Senate on the bill today to set up a final vote on the package for Wednesday.
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