The new law includes $3.6 billion in assistance for Ukraine.
President Biden has signed a $1.5 trillion spending bill that funds the government through September and includes $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine.
The president signed the legislation Friday, after the Senate passed it late Thursday night by a 68-31 margin. The financial assistance to Ukraine, which includes several billion dollars in humanitarian assistance, garnered bipartisan support. The president's signing of the bill Friday averts a partial government shutdown that would otherwise have occurred midnight Friday.Friday morning, the president announced the G7 nations and the U.S. are
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