Ukraine Bill Turns ‘Blind Eye’ to Corruption, Senators tell Musk on X Spaces by Caden Pearson – US Politics News

The proposed $61 billion funding for Ukraine in a spending package fails to include corruption prevention and transparency measures, a group of GOP senators said during a discussion with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy ahead of a key procedural Senate vote on Monday night.
Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Mr. Musk and Mr. Ramaswamy to criticize funding Ukraine with no strategy to conclude the war.
The discussion took place on the X Spaces forum on the platform formerly known as Twitter before several Republican senators spoke on the floor late into Monday night.
The goal for the Senate Republicans is to kill the legislation before it goes any further, the lawmakers said. They urged listeners to contact their House members to demand they oppose the funding package….