The House Appropriations Committee today has teed up a version of the Ukraine emergency supplemental funding bill that would increase President Biden's request by $7 billion, taking the final amount to $40 billion. The bill would provide $6 billion for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative , which allows the Defense Department to purchase weapons and other military services for Ukraine directly from defense contractors. The bill would also provide $8.7 billion -- Biden had requested $5.4 billion -- to replenish...
