Senate GOP Staff Push Back on Vance Claim That Foreign-Aid Bill Includes Trump ‘Impeachment Time Bomb’

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Republicans who voted on Sunday to advance a $95 billion emergency-aid bill for Ukraine and Israel are refuting Senator J.D. Vance’s claim that the measure includes an “impeachment time bomb” that could impact Donald Trump if he wins in November.

Vance sent a memo to Senate Republicans on Monday claiming the package includes a provision that could tie Trump’s hands if he wins the 2024 election and decides to pause funding to Ukraine as part of negotiations to end the war. Some of the funding expires nine months into the next presidency, which Vance claims would prevent a future president from making his own decisions on Ukraine spending.

Brittany Bernstein

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Brittany Bernstein

Brittany Bernstein is the deputy news editor of National Review Online.

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