Putin's little helpers
The US Congress may postpone the vote on aid to Ukraine for several weeks. Bloomberg

A vote in the US House of Representatives on the allocation of aid to Ukraine will not take place until at least mid-April, Bloomberg writes, citing sources in the Republican Party.

They do not rule out that they will have to wait even more than two weeks, as House Speaker Mike Johnson is still looking for ways to soften the position of his colleagues in the hard-line party.

So far, his team has not shared a detailed plan for the aid package for Ukraine and what concessions it will demand from President Joe Biden in return. In this regard, the agency's interlocutors consider it unlikely that the vote will be held next week.

On April 1, Johnson said in an interview with Fox News that he would put forward new conditions for providing assistance to Ukraine.

Johnson also said he was going to hold the vote "immediately" after MPs return from the Easter recess, which is due to end on April 9. His spokesman, Taylor Haulsey, contradicted him and said the pledge was not intended to set a specific deadline and that the speaker was still "listening to the views of party members."

At the same time, two representatives of the Republican leadership did not rule out that, from a technical point of view, Johnson could approve the decision on the relief plan over the weekend and put the bill to a vote next week. But "such an accelerated regime" threatens the failure of the document.

The United States has not been able to agree on the allocation of a new aid package to Ukraine since last fall. On Feb. 13, the Democratic-controlled Senate approved a bill that would have given Kiev $60 billion, but Johnson refused to bring it up for consideration.

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In other words, Republicans are diddling since last fall, blocking with all might any bill, and not really in a hurry to even decide what concessions they want. Perhaps fearing that Biden might say, "okay, deal!" and then they would forced to approve the aid, although their goal is to avoid this at all costs? A bunch of irresponsible assholes and Putin helpers!

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