US to provide more aid to Ukraine as spending package approved by lawmakers

Passage of the Bill represented a closing act for Nancy Pelosi’s second stint as House speaker, and for the Democratic majority she led back to power in the 2018 election

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi welcomed passage of the Bill (Scott Applewhite/AP)

A 1.7 trillion dollar spending Bill financing federal agencies through to September and providing more aid to Ukraine has cleared the House as US lawmakers race to finish their work for the year and avoid a partial government shutdown.

The Bill passed mostly along party lines, 225-201. It now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.