They are seeking votes on a series of proposals that would hamstring U.S. support for Ukraine, including one to curtail all funding for Kyiv until there is a diplomatic solution to the conflict and another that would end a $300 million program to train and equip Ukrainian soldiers that has been in place for nearly a decade.
“Congress should not authorize another penny for Ukraine and push the Biden administration to pursue peace,” Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, argued to lawmakers on the House Rules Committee this week, appealing to them to allow votes on several proposals she has written on the topic.
“Ukraine is not the 51st state of the United States of America.”Representative Scott Perry, Republican of Pennsylvania and the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said votes to curtail support for Ukraine were every bit as important to the members of his group as votes to restrict abortion access and services for transgender soldiers.
But if he bows to the demands for votes on Ukraine, it would put divisions in Congress over the war on display at a critical junction in Ukraine’s counteroffensive, and just after Mr. Biden has appealed to allies this week during a NATO summit to remain united in support.
“It will be absolutely the worst thing to do to have a show of division — that’s playing right into Putin’s hands.”
Persons:
Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Scott Perry, “, Kevin McCarthy, Gregory W, Meeks, — that’s, ”
Organizations:
Republican, ”, Freedom Caucus, Ukraine, NATO, Foreign Affairs
Locations:
Ukraine, Georgia, United States of America, Pennsylvania, New York