The Latest Breaking News from Mitch McConnell

Greene called Zelenskyy the "shadow president" and claimed Ukraine was the "51st state"

WASHINGTON — As Washington prepared for a risky wartime visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, the Biden administration announced $1.8 billion in new aid to Ukraine, including a sophisticated Patriot missile battery that the country’s military has long sought.

WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican appropriators released a sprawling, $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 omnibus spending bill early Tuesday morning, setting up a race to the finish line for the 117th Congress by the end of this week.

Congressional leaders have unveiled a $1.7 trillion spending package early Tuesday that includes another large round of aid to Ukraine, a nearly 10% boost in defense spending and roughly $40 billon to assist communities across the country recovering from drought, hurricanes and other natural disasters

Mitch McConnell, however, appears to blame twice-impeached president in statement

Appropriators released a sprawling, $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 omnibus spending bill, setting up a race to finish by the end of the week.

Release of a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package with all manner of unrelated add-ons was taking longer than expected.

The Senate majority leader is suddenly keen to pass legislation that he portrayed as a threat to broader reform.

President Joe Biden has signed legislation to fund the government for an additional week as lawmakers race to finish work on a full-year spending package before they head home for the holidays and a new Congress is sworn in