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MNI POLITICAL RISK - Ukraine's Uncertain Future In Congress

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  • Congress has successfully navigated a short-term funding patch but three piece of critical pending legislation could imperil work on FY24 appropriations or hinder progress on President Biden’s supplemental funding requests.
  • With the United States’ Congress threatening to tank supplemental funding for Ukraine, Biden administration officials have engaged in a publicity drive to assure Kyiv that Washington remains committed to Ukraine in the long-term.
  • The Congressional gridlock over Ukraine has been brought into sharp focus at the Halifax Security Conference with a bipartisan group of Senators warning that Ukraine funding is conditioned on an uncertain US-Mexico border package.
  • President Biden has outlined his vision for the post-war future of Israel and Palestine in a Washington Post op-ed, but stopped short of calling for a ceasefire.
  • Votes in favour of expelling House Rep George Santos (R-NY) continue to stack up following a damning report from the House Ethics Committee.
  • Poll of the Day: President Biden heads into the Thanksgiving break with another negative poll from a major news outlet.
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