* The measure brings the total U.S. funding of the conflict to $54 million in two months
* The bill passed 86-11 but a handful of Republican objectors complained that there were more pressing problems at home to tend to and
* They also said the funding did not have adequate oversight
* Biden is expected to quickly sign the bill, as he and Ukraine sounded the alarm that the nation would run out of aid by Thursday if Congress did not act
In a largely bipartisan vote the Senate passed a bill Thursday to provide $40 billion more in aid to Ukraine as the war with Russia stretches on into its fourth month.
The measure brings the total U.S. funding of the conflict to $54 million in two months.
The bill passed 86-11, where a handful of Republican objectors complained that there were more pressing problems at home to tend to and the funding did not have adequate oversight.
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