A bill that would deliver new aid to Ukraine and sanction Russia is set to get a House vote in the coming weeks after a bipartisan group of lawmakers completed a discharge petition forcing it to the floor.
Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-Calif.) delivered the decisive 218th signature Wednesday on the effort to push the Ukraine Support Act through the House over the objections of Republican leaders.
Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, launched the discharge effort almost a year ago. Now Democrats are planning to force the vote the first week of June, according to three people granted anonymity to describe…
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