Russia sanctions bill, criticized by Democrats, awaits House return

By: Benjamin J. Hulac, Washington Correspondent

Outlets: NJ Spotlight

Published: September 11, 2026

Words: 886

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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WASHINGTON — In spring 2024, Congress broke through opposition from the isolationist wing of the Republican Party, writing a bill and passing a law to send $60 billion in military aid to Ukraine.

The delay cost the lives of Ukrainian soldiers, whose homeland was attacked by Russia in February 2022. “Thousands of lives, and I’ll never forget it,” Bill Pascrell, the late Democratic congressman told NJ Spotlight News with tears in his eyes. …

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