"Tonight, bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate voted to keep the government open, preventing an unnecessary crisis … While the Speaker and the overwhelming majority of Congress have been steadfast in their support for Ukraine, there is no new funding in this agreement to continue that support. We cannot under any circumstances allow American support for Ukraine to be interrupted," Biden said in a statement, released by the White House.
The US president also called on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to keep "his commitment to the people of Ukraine and secure passage of the support needed to help Ukraine at this critical moment."
The continuing resolution (CR) bill that passed the House and the Senate does not include assistance for Ukraine, however, the House recently passed a bill to provide $300 million to Ukraine that will soon be considered in the Senate. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) the Senate Minority Leader, following the vote, told reporters that he is confident the Senate will pass additional assistance to Ukraine later this year.
Earlier in the day, media reported, citing a US official, that the White House expects the House Speaker to put forward a separate bill to provide further support for Ukraine.
In August, Biden asked the Congress to approve a total of $24 billion in additional assistance for Ukraine as part of $40 billion in supplemental funding requested for 2024. Since Russia's special military operation first began in Ukraine, the US has spent an extensive sum of $75 billion in assistance to the country.
Western officials are slowly admitting the existence of Ukraine aid fatigue in society and even among top politicians.
Earlier, the British Foreign Secretary admitted that supporting the Kiev regime is "tough" and "painful," adding that Ukraine fatigue is a "big deal."
US media wrote in July 2023 that even acting president Joe Biden believes that Volodymyr Zelensky "should be showing more gratitude for the billions in aid he was getting from the United States via the American people" while former Pentagon specialist Douglas MacKinnon compared Ukrainian leader to a “spoiled, petulant child who gets everything he wants.”