Written by: Jennifer Shutt
With just five days left before government funding expires, Democrats and Republicans are trying to reach agreement on $1.5 trillion in federal spending as well as billions more in assistance to Ukraine and COVID-19 relief.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday afternoon that both political parties were “very close” to reaching agreement on the government funding package and at least $12 billion in aid to Ukraine.
“The clearest signal Congress can send to Vladimir Putin this week is passing a bipartisan aid package,” the New York Democrat said on the Senate floor.
He also urged Republicans to work with Democrats on providing billions in coronavirus relief, saying that it’s “far better to prepare now than play catch up later.”
Earlier Monday, Schumer wrote that Democrats made “a reasonable global offer to Republicans” and that he hoped both political parties would reach agreement before a stopgap government funding bill expires on Friday at midnight.
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