Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Wednesday there is a chance that Congress could pass additional funding for Ukraine ahead of the transition to a Republican-controlled Congress and President-elect Trump’s administration, which is likely to oppose more support for Kyiv.

Kaine said that any Senate-approved package would likely face a major hurdle to passage in the Republican-controlled House, where an increasing number of GOP lawmakers oppose additional aid and will want to defer to Trump, who has been skeptical of the cost of arming Ukraine and promised to end the war.

“A chance, a chance – I........

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