US Congressmen approved a short-term budget without assistance to Ukraine

The US House of Representatives approved a project to extend funding for the country’s government for 45 days, which will not include the allocation of money to Ukraine. The voting was broadcast on website lower house of the legislature.

Now the Senate needs to approve the initiative. In this case, it will go to United States President Joe Biden, who needs to sign the document before October 1 local time (07:00 Moscow time) to avoid a federal government shutdown.

The threat of a work stoppage looms over the US government due to the fact that members of Congress cannot reach agreement on the budget for the 2024 fiscal year (which begins on October 1, 2023 and ends on September 30, 2024). One of the main reasons for this was the desire of representatives of the Republican Party to reduce the allocation of funds to Ukraine.

Representatives of the Democratic and Republican parties tentatively agreed to adopt a short-term budget designed until November 17, 2023. This measure was proposed in order to prevent a suspension of government work, called a shutdown, if Congress does not approve the budget for the 2024 fiscal year, which begins on October 1, 2023 and ends on September 30, 2024, by October 1.

Despite the urgency of the proposed measures, the draft interim budget included the allocation of six billion dollars to provide assistance to Ukraine. This gave rise to further disagreements, which is why this budget was also not adopted by September 29.

It is worth noting that during Biden’s administration, the threat of a shutdown arises every year: in 2021, to extend the government’s work, a one-day budget had to be adopted, and in 2022, the budget was adopted for a week.