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MNI POLITICAL RISK - Senate On Brink Of Passing Ukraine Package

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  • The Senate will be recalled from recess today to hold two roll call votes on the House-passed USD$95 billion foreign aid package. The votes will take place around 13:00 ET 18:00 BST with passage likely by this afternoon, at the earliest, or Wednesday night, at the latest.
  • President Biden spoke yesterday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to assure the Ukrainian leader that the White House, “will quickly provide significant new security assistance packages to meet Ukraine’s urgent battlefield and air defense needs..."
  • The US is reportedly preparing sanctions against Chinese banks to pressure Beijing on, “commercial support of Russia’s military production,” according to a Wall Street Journal report.
  • President Biden will travel to Tampa, Florida today to deliver a speech on women’s reproductive rights – a bid to keep one of Biden’s primary political strengths in the spotlight in a state which Democrats hope to make competitive in November.
  • Poll of the Day: Robert F. Kennedy JR's White House bid could siphon more votes from Trump than Biden.

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