Senate leaders reach short-term budget deal with $6B in Ukraine aid, setting up showdown House
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Senators released a short-term CR to prevent a government shutdown, funding until Nov. 17 with reduced allocations for Ukraine and no provision for border security.
"All through the weekend – night and day – Senate Democrats and Republicans worked in good faith to reach an agreement on a continuing resolution that will keep the government funded and avert a shutdown," Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement Tuesday. Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
The short-term CR includes only $6.2 billion allocated to Ukraine — an $18 billion decrease from President Joe Biden’s August request to Congress. Another $6 billion is allocated to natural disaster funding. The CR does not include any additional funding for border security like the House's version.
The House and Senate must come to some kind of agreement on how to fund the government by the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30, or risk a partial government shutdown.