McConnell sees swift Ukraine aid passage

Bloomberg

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said after a visit to Kyiv that he expects the chamber to pass a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine with broad bipartisan backing on Wednesday.
McConnell, speaking to reporters on a call from Sweden, made the pledge after leading
a group of Republican senators to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who called for swift passage of the aid.
“What I assured him — as this is an all-Republican delegation — is that support for Ukraine and this war against the Russians is bipartisan,” McConnell said, including from “an overwhelming majority of Republicans.”
The Republican leader has been an early backer of Ukraine, urging December 6 for the US to send Ukraine whatever arms the country needs to defend itself. That puts him at odds with more isolationist members of the GOP, including fellow Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who held up the Ukraine aid last week and argues it spends too much at a time of high inflation.
“There have always been isolationist voices in the Republican Party,” McConnell said.