The Biden administration has told lawmakers to expect the White House to ask Congress for an emergency funding package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and border security, according to two people familiar with the plans. An administration official said a final decision hasn’t been made.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R., Alaska), who has been lobbying congressional leaders and the administration for weeks for a broader national- security funding package, said that such a proposal could draw broader support in Congress by combining aid for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and measures to tighten border security. “These threats are connected,” Sullivan said. “And I think the argument of going after the real challenge today, which is aggressive dictatorships working together, needs to be met with a comprehensive approach.”
