
The White House has requested Congress include $11.7 billion in aid for Ukraine in any stopgap funding legislation to keep the government after the end of the fiscal year, specifically detailing more than $7.1 billion dedicated to Pentagon-related efforts. Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget, detailed the administration’s requests for a continuing resolution in a Sept. 2 statement, which arrives as Congress faces less than a month until government funding expires on Oct. 1. “As it…