Republicans groan at Biden admin’s last-minute request for more time to send unused $6B to Ukraine

Billions of dollars allocated for Ukraine will expire at the end of the month if Congress does not act, according to a warning from the Biden administration. 

Some 10% of the $61 billion in funding Congress passed for Ukraine in April remains unspent – and the White House has requested Congress extend its Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) to offer aid to Ukraine beyond a Sept. 30 deadline.

“We have $5.9 billion left in Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Authority, all but $100 million of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year,” Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said Friday. 

“The department will continue to provide drawdown packages in the near future and is working with Congress to seek an extension of PDA [presidential drawdown] authorities beyond the end of the fiscal year.”

The Biden administration has asked Congress to attach an extension of the authority to a continuing resolution, the last-minute, must-pass spending legislation it is working on to keep the government open and funded in fiscal year 2025. Officials have said they want the Ukraine funding authority extended for another year beyond the end of this fiscal year.

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The request prompted groans from Republican defense

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