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U.S. Senate leader hopes Senate can begin processing Ukraine aid as soon as next week
2022.05.03 00:11
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listens during a news conference about legislative efforts to lower gas prices, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday he hoped the U.S. Senate would take up President Joe Biden’s request for $33 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine as soon as next week.
“It is my hope that a bipartisan agreement can be reached very soon and that the Senate can begin processing this aid package on the floor as early as next week,” the Democratic leader said in remarks opening the Senate.
