Senate Democrats banded together Wednesday night to oppose the creation of a new office to audit US military assistance for Ukraine as part of a provision in the annual defense spending bill. Forty…
as part of a provision in the annual defense spending bill.
The Democratic opposition — which included several senators in vulnerable seats such as Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania — kept the amendment from clearing the required 60-vote threshold to be part of the bill. Sen. Roger Wicker and Sen. Jim Risch drafted the provision and it was co-sponsored by a broad coalition that included critics of defense aid for Ukraine such as Sen. Josh Hawley .“I guess all of a sudden we have billions of dollars laying around that we can just give to Ukraine,” Hawley said in March on Fox News. “It’s an affront to the American taxpayers, the American people, and it’s gotta stop.
“President Volodymyr Zelensky is working to hold bad actors accountable. He has fired several top officials ensnared in a corruption scandal,” they added. “We trust that our friends in Ukraine take corruption seriously. We must verify, too.”
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