SAINT CROIX, United States —
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed off on a $1.7 trillion spending bill
that will keep the US government funded through the next fiscal year — notably
including another big package for Ukraine's war effort.
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Biden, vacationing over the New Year's
holiday on Saint Croix in the US Virgin Islands, tweeted a picture of himself
signing the bill into law.
"It'll invest in medical research,
safety, veteran health care, disaster recovery" and funding for programs
combating violence against women, Biden tweeted. It also "gets crucial
assistance to Ukraine. Looking forward to more in 2023".
The funding bill won Republican support in
the evenly divided US Congress, ensuring easy passage — and notching up another
legislative win for Biden as he ends his second year in office. Even critics
have expressed grudging admiration for the Biden administration's ability to
get results as the 80-year-old Democrat closes in on a decision over whether to
seek another term in 2024.
The bill includes $45 billion in emergency
military and economic aid for Ukraine, which is battling a full-scale Russian
invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Washington earlier this
month to plead for increased US assistance.
The bill also features add-ons, such as a
reform tightening a 19th century law to make clear that vice presidents do not
have power to overturn election results. That is intended to prevent any
repetition of Donald Trump's chaotic gambit to avoid conceding defeat to Biden
in the 2020 presidential election — including by trying to coerce his vice
president, Mike Pence, to halt certification of Biden's win.
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