GOP Lawmakers to Oppose More Ukraine Aid

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🗓️ 21 September 2023

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A.M. Edition for Sept. 21. Ukraine’s president heads to Capitol Hill today amid heightened divisions over continued U.S. aid. WSJ reporter Ken Thomas explains how a group of GOP lawmakers could block or delay further support. Plus, global markets drop on signs interest rates could stay higher for longer. And insurance reporter Jean Eaglesham details the backlash over a change to the federal government’s flood-insurance program. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.9	Ukraine's president heads to Washington as a group of Republican lawmakers speak out against
0:33.9	further U.S. aid, plus markets sink on signs that interest rates may be higher for longer,
0:41.0	and the federal government's flood insurance program faces a key deadline and questions
0:46.2	about its future.
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0:57.4	It's Thursday, September 21st.
0:59.5	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News,
1:04.5	the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:13.1	Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky is visiting Washington today to drum up further U.S. support.
1:19.8	It is his second trip to DC in nine months and comes as a group of Republican lawmakers
1:25.4	are vowing to oppose a $24 billion aid package requested by President Biden.
1:31.9	In a letter viewed by the journal 23, GOP House members and six Senate Republicans voiced
1:37.8	concerns about the $100 billion of funding already approved, and a Ukraine strategy that
1:43.3	they say is unclear.
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