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Aid quandary for Congress

CQ Budget, Ep. 240

The Ukrainian flag is raised by demonstrators outside the Russian Embassy in Washington on Feb. 27. Additional aid to Ukraine is mired in a congressional funding fight. — The Ukrainian flag is raised by demonstrators outside the Russian Embassy in Washington on Feb. 27. Additional aid to Ukraine is mired in a congressional funding fight. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images file photo)

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn

Posted April 29, 2022 at 1:35pm

New aid for Ukraine is tied up in a fight over pandemic relief and immigration policy. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Peter Cohn explain the tangle over supplemental funding and assess the prospects for fiscal 2023 appropriations, a downsized “Build Back Better” measure and more.

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