“A schism is opening between Congress’ two high Republican leaders over how a lot to hike protection spending and future help to Ukraine,” Politico reviews.
“Sooner or later after Speaker Kevin McCarthy got here out towards exceeding the spending caps set by his debt-limit take care of President Joe Biden, Minority Chief Mitch McConnell dug in to insist that extra should be completed to assist the nation’s protection pursuits.”
“McConnell took to the ground to name the Biden administration’s protection funds, whose ranges the bipartisan debt deal matched, ‘merely inadequate given the foremost challenges that our nation faces.’ He cited ‘rising threats from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and terrorists emboldened by America’s retreat from Afghanistan.’”
