The Patriot Post® · Blocking Ukrainian Aid

Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) are working to block a $1 billion Ukraine aid package in the Senate unless it is revised to strip provisions empowering the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at U.S. expense. “As we understand it,” the group wrote in a letter to Senate Leader Harry Reid, “this reform would double the funds the IMF can loan, involving a doubling of the United States’ contribution from its current level of $63 billion, while simultaneously reducing U.S. influence over how these funds are directed – and increasing that of Russia. Regardless of the magnitude of this change, this idea is antithetical to the driving purpose of the underlying legislation.”