The Home handed a measure to offer nearly $2 billion in help to Ukraine and impose new sanctions in opposition to Russia Thursday, sending the measure to the Senate behind a 226-to-195 tally — regardless of GOP management in full opposition to the measure.
Eighteen Republicans voted in favor of the invoice — making a bipartisan majority — though Democrats carried a lot of the water on the vote.
Only one Democrat, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, opposed the measure.
“In the present day’s bipartisan vote sends a robust message to Ukraine that we assist them and a transparent message to Putin that we stand in opposition to Russian tyranny,” Republican Rep. Michael McCaul stated in a press release after the vote.
Firefighters work on the website of a automotive restore workshop broken throughout Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 2, 2026.
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The laws, led by Home International Affairs Committee Rating Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks, imposes sanctions on Russia’s oil and gasoline, boosts restrictions on monetary establishments that conduct enterprise with Russia and eliminates a sanctions waiver President Donald Trump permitted earlier this yr. It will allocate $1.8 billion in help for Ukraine.
A vote on the package deal was compelled after a discharge petition amassed 218 signatures, the brink of assist required for lawmakers to avoid the bulk management’s will and power a flooring vote. Two average Republicans, Reps. Don Bacon and Brian Fitzpatrick, in addition to unbiased Rep. Kevin Kiley, crossed get together traces and signed onto the Democrat-led effort — a lot to the chagrin of Speaker Mike Johnson.
Home Speaker Mike Johnson addresses a weekly press convention on the US Capitol in Washington, DC, June 3, 2026.
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The measure faces a difficult path within the Senate, the place the assist of 60 senators is required earlier than it may very well be offered to Trump for his approval or, extra possible — his veto. Trump has vetoed simply two measures thus far in his second time period.
The White Home has not weighed in on this particular measure.
The success of discharge petitions is traditionally uncommon within the Home, however a number of have not too long ago prevailed, together with one to compel the Division of Justice to launch its information on convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Congress handed the Nationwide Protection Authorization Act on the finish of final yr, offering $800 million for Ukraine, together with $400 million for FY2026 & FY2027 every. That funding is a part of the Ukraine Safety Help Initiative, which pays U.S. firms to offer weapons for Ukraine’s army.
In 2024, the GOP-led Home handed a international help package deal, which included $60.8 billion in funding for Ukraine by a vote of 311-112-1.
