Indo-Pacific Bill Could Allow Biden to Send More Weapons to Israel, Ukraine: Lawmakers by Andrew Thornebrooke – US Politics News

A new bill intended to help counter China’s communist regime in the Indo-Pacific could allow the Biden administration to effectively send an additional $4 billion in weapons to Ukraine, Israel, or elsewhere.
The Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, signed into law earlier this week, was ostensibly designed to improve the security and stability of the region as the United States and China continue their competition.
Some lawmakers are furious, however, that the bill also contained a provision that could allow President Joe Biden to send billions of dollars worth of weapons to ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle East.
Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) described the supplemental funding bill as “a Ukraine spending bill disguised as Taiwan aid.”…