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 "slug": "us-house-ukraine-support-act-discharge-petition-meeks-loans-sanctions",
 "title": "US House Passes the Ukraine Support Act 226-195 by Discharge Petition",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/us-house-ukraine-support-act-discharge-petition-meeks-loans-sanctions/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/us-house-ukraine-support-act-discharge-petition-meeks-loans-sanctions/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-06-04T16:09:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:54:05.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWashington, 4 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The US House passed the Ukraine Support Act 226–195 on 4 June — more than USD 1 billion in security and reconstruction aid, up to USD 8 billion in defence loans, and sanctions on Russia's financial, oil and mining sectors\n * The bill reached the floor only through a discharge petition, the 218 signatures that force a vote the Republican leadership had declined to schedule\n * It was sponsored by Gregory Meeks, ranking Democrat on the Foreign ",
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  "russia",
  "ukraine"
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  "policy"
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 "tags": [
  "defense-policy",
  "russia-ukraine-conflict"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "nato",
  "russia",
  "ukraine"
 ],
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  "countries": [
   "russia",
   "ukraine"
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